Ghana vs Zambia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 86.6% in Ghana in 2019 and 84.9% in Zambia in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Zambia.

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

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What the numbers say

Ghana has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Zambia.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Ghana	Zambia	World
2019	86.6	–	–
2018	85.1	–	88.2
2017	85.8	84.9	88.2
2016	87.1	–	88.3
2015	89.5	–	88.2
2014	87.2	–	88.3
2013	85.1	87.4	88.2
2012	–	90.4	88.2
2011	80.7	88.7	88.1
2010	–	85.6	87.9
2009	72.5	88	87.9
2008	73.6	–	87.6
2007	68.2	90.2	87.2
2006	63.1	90.2	86
2005	63.3	90	85.4
2004	–	81.1	84.7
2003	59.6	–	83.5
2002	59.5	67.2	81.4
2001	56.8	65.3	81
2000	61.5	65.1	80.7
1999	57.9	65.1	79.9
1998	–	67	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	69.8	78
1994	–	71.5	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	78.2	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	79.7	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	44.4	81	75.8
1975	42.4	78	72.9
1970	37.5	73.4	69
1965	56.3	49.5	66
1960	25	37	63.1
1955	27	33	57.4
1950	12	29.2	51.4
1945	9.3	19.9	43.5
1940	7.2	12.8	40
1935	5.5	7.8	38.2
1930	4.2	4.4	36.4
1925	3.2	2.4	33
1920	2.4	1.1	30.5
1915	1.9	0.4	29.2
1910	1.4	0	28.1
1905	1.1	0	25.1
1900	0.8	0	23.3
1895	0.6	0	21.8
1890	0.5	0	20
1885	0.4	0	19
1880	0.3	0	17.2
1875	0.2	0	15.7
1870	0.2	0	13.2
1865	0.1	0	10.6
1860	0.1	0	9.3
1855	0.1	0	8
1850	0.1	0	6.8
1845	0	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	3.1

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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.

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