Greece vs Sweden: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.5% in Greece in 2017 and 98.1% in Sweden in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Sweden, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Greece.

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

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Greece.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2007.

Every year

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

Year	Greece	Sweden	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	98.5	–	88.2
2016	97.9	–	88.3
2015	97.1	–	88.2
2014	96.2	–	88.3
2013	96.8	–	88.2
2012	96.9	–	88.2
2011	96.1	–	88.1
2010	95.9	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	98.1	87.6
2007	94.5	96.1	87.2
2006	94.4	95	86
2005	94.9	95.2	85.4
2004	95.7	96.6	84.7
2003	95.2	98.8	83.5
2002	94.8	–	81.4
2001	94.4	–	81
2000	95.5	–	80.7
1999	94.8	–	79.9
1998	93.7	–	78.9
1997	89.9	–	78.1
1996	88.8	–	77.9
1995	89.6	–	78
1994	87	–	78.3
1993	87.3	–	78
1992	89.1	–	77.7
1991	90.5	99.8	77.8
1990	90.8	99.5	77.3
1989	91.3	98.8	77.6
1988	91.9	98.4	76.6
1987	91.1	98.1	75.8
1986	93.5	–	75.3
1985	94.4	–	74
1980	97	95.7	75.8
1975	97	100	72.9
1970	97	93.1	69
1965	99	98	66
1960	97.2	95	63.1
1955	78.7	100	57.4
1950	97.2	100	51.4
1945	89.2	97.8	43.5
1940	81.3	95.7	40
1935	73.3	93.5	38.2
1930	65.4	91.3	36.4
1925	57.4	89.2	33
1920	49.4	87	30.5
1915	41.5	84.8	29.2
1910	33.5	82.7	28.1
1905	29.5	80.5	25.1
1900	17.1	78.3	23.3
1895	13.3	76.2	21.8
1890	9.6	74	20
1885	8.9	71.8	19
1880	8.2	69.7	17.2
1875	7.6	67.5	15.7
1870	6.9	65.3	13.2
1865	5.6	63.2	10.6
1860	4.5	61	9.3
1855	3.6	58.8	8
1850	2.8	56.7	6.8
1845	2.3	54	5.9
1840	1.8	51.3	5.2
1835	1.4	48.6	4.5
1830	1.1	46	4
1825	0.9	43.3	3.5
1820	0.7	40.7	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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