Guyana vs Suriname

Guyana vs Suriname: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 90.4% in Guyana in 2010 and 87.7% in Suriname in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Suriname, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Guyana.

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

Guyana vs Suriname: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 90.4% in Guyana in 2010 and 87.7% in Suriname in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Suriname, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Guyana.
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What the numbers say

  • Suriname has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Guyana.
  • The world as a whole: 87.9% in 2010.

Every year

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

YearGuyanaSurinameWorld
2018–87.788.2
2017–8888.2
2016–90.988.3
2015–89.788.2
2014–88.788.3
2013–88.588.2
2012–8988.2
2011–88.988.1
201090.490.587.9
200987.193.987.9
200892.490.187.6
2007–83.387.2
2006–85.486
2005–83.285.4
2004––84.7
200390.7–83.5
2002––81.4
2001––81
2000––80.7
1999––79.9
1998––78.9
1997––78.1
199687.8–77.9
199589.2–78
1994––78.3
199387.5–78
199288.8–77.7
199191.3–77.8
1990––77.3
1989––77.6
1988––76.6
1987––75.8
1986––75.3
1985––74
198090.4–75.8
197584–72.9
197087–69
1965100–66
196095.9–63.1
1955100–57.4
1950100–51.4
194595.1–43.5
194090.1–40
193585.2–38.2
193080.3–36.4
192575.3–33
192070.4–30.5
191565.5–29.2
191060.5–28.1
190555.6–25.1
190050.7–23.3
189545.7–21.8
189040.8–20
188535.9–19
188030.9–17.2
187526–15.7
187021.1–13.2
186516.2–10.6
186011.2–9.3
18556.3–8
18505–6.8
18454–5.9
18403.1–5.2
18352.5–4.5
18301.9–4
18251.5–3.5
18201.2–3.1

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.

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