Guatemala vs Venezuela: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 87% in Guatemala in 2018 and 87.2% in Venezuela in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Guatemala.

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

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What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Guatemala.
In 2012, Guatemala ranked 55 and Venezuela ranked 47 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Guatemala	Venezuela	World
2018	87	–	88.2
2017	85.6	87.2	88.2
2016	84.6	88.8	88.3
2015	85.3	90.6	88.2
2014	85.6	91.3	88.3
2013	87.5	90.7	88.2
2012	90.1	91.5	88.2
2011	93	92.8	88.1
2010	95.4	92.5	87.9
2009	96.1	92.1	87.9
2008	93	90.2	87.6
2007	92.4	92.1	87.2
2006	91.1	91	86
2005	89.4	91.1	85.4
2004	87.6	92	84.7
2003	–	91.9	83.5
2002	82.7	93.4	81.4
2001	80.2	90.6	81
2000	79.6	88.1	80.7
1999	76.3	86	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	67.4	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	55.1	95.5	75.8
1975	49	89.1	72.9
1970	44	86.3	69
1965	39	87.2	66
1960	34.3	91.8	63.1
1955	30.7	72	57.4
1950	26	81.7	51.4
1945	24	68.9	43.5
1940	22.1	56.2	40
1935	20.1	43.4	38.2
1930	18.2	30.7	36.4
1925	16.2	18	33
1920	14.3	5.2	30.5
1915	15.3	8.3	29.2
1910	16.4	11.4	28.1
1905	17.4	10.7	25.1
1900	18.4	8.4	23.3
1895	19.5	6.6	21.8
1890	20.5	5.2	20
1885	17.1	4.1	19
1880	14.1	3.2	17.2
1875	11.6	1.5	15.7
1870	9.4	1.2	13.2
1865	7.7	0.9	10.6
1860	6.2	0.7	9.3
1855	5	0.6	8
1850	4	0.4	6.8
1845	3.2	0.3	5.9
1840	2.6	0.3	5.2
1835	2.1	0.2	4.5
1830	1.7	0.2	4
1825	1.3	0.1	3.5
1820	1.1	0.1	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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