Germany vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 91.3% in Germany in 2016 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.8 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2007.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

Year	Germany	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	91.3	–	88.3
2015	90.1	–	88.2
2014	88.7	–	88.3
2013	88.7	86.8	88.2
2012	89	87.5	88.2
2011	89.1	–	88.1
2010	89.4	–	87.9
2009	88.7	–	87.9
2008	88.9	–	87.6
2007	89.4	87.1	87.2
2006	89	–	86
2005	87.8	–	85.4
2004	87	–	84.7
2003	85.7	–	83.5
2002	85.4	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	87.1	–	80.7
1999	87.5	–	79.9
1998	–	79.7	78.9
1997	–	82.5	78.1
1996	–	86.1	77.9
1995	–	88.8	78
1994	–	88.5	78.3
1993	–	90.1	78
1992	–	91.9	77.7
1991	–	95.9	77.8
1990	–	95.1	77.3
1989	–	90.8	77.6
1988	–	86.2	76.6
1987	–	83.3	75.8
1986	–	73.2	75.3
1985	–	72	74
1980	83	–	75.8
1975	92	–	72.9
1970	83.8	–	69
1965	100	–	66
1960	100	–	63.1
1955	78.7	–	57.4
1950	99.4	–	51.4
1945	98.1	–	43.5
1940	96.8	–	40
1935	95.4	–	38.2
1930	94.1	–	36.4
1925	92.8	–	33
1920	91.4	–	30.5
1915	90.1	–	29.2
1910	88.8	–	28.1
1905	59.1	–	25.1
1900	56.9	–	23.3
1895	58.2	–	21.8
1890	59.1	–	20
1885	60	–	19
1880	55	–	17.2
1875	54.2	–	15.7
1870	51	–	13.2
1865	47.9	–	10.6
1860	44.4	–	9.3
1855	41	–	8
1850	37.7	–	6.8
1845	34.4	–	5.9
1840	31.3	–	5.2
1835	28.4	–	4.5
1830	25.7	–	4
1825	23.1	–	3.5
1820	20.7	–	3.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Germany vs United Arab Emirates

Health

People

Economy

Education

Learning-adjusted schoolingGermany: 11 years in 2020United Arab Emirates: 9.6 years in 2020

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsGermany: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022