Guyana vs Venezuela: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 90.4% in Guyana in 2010 and 87.2% in Venezuela in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 2.2 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Guyana.

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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 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

Year	Guyana	Venezuela	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	87.2	88.2
2016	–	88.8	88.3
2015	–	90.6	88.2
2014	–	91.3	88.3
2013	–	90.7	88.2
2012	–	91.5	88.2
2011	–	92.8	88.1
2010	90.4	92.5	87.9
2009	87.1	92.1	87.9
2008	92.4	90.2	87.6
2007	–	92.1	87.2
2006	–	91	86
2005	–	91.1	85.4
2004	–	92	84.7
2003	90.7	91.9	83.5
2002	–	93.4	81.4
2001	–	90.6	81
2000	–	88.1	80.7
1999	–	86	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	87.8	–	77.9
1995	89.2	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	87.5	–	78
1992	88.8	–	77.7
1991	91.3	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	90.4	95.5	75.8
1975	84	89.1	72.9
1970	87	86.3	69
1965	100	87.2	66
1960	95.9	91.8	63.1
1955	100	72	57.4
1950	100	81.7	51.4
1945	95.1	68.9	43.5
1940	90.1	56.2	40
1935	85.2	43.4	38.2
1930	80.3	30.7	36.4
1925	75.3	18	33
1920	70.4	5.2	30.5
1915	65.5	8.3	29.2
1910	60.5	11.4	28.1
1905	55.6	10.7	25.1
1900	50.7	8.4	23.3
1895	45.7	6.6	21.8
1890	40.8	5.2	20
1885	35.9	4.1	19
1880	30.9	3.2	17.2
1875	26	1.5	15.7
1870	21.1	1.2	13.2
1865	16.2	0.9	10.6
1860	11.2	0.7	9.3
1855	6.3	0.6	8
1850	5	0.4	6.8
1845	4	0.3	5.9
1840	3.1	0.3	5.2
1835	2.5	0.2	4.5
1830	1.9	0.2	4
1825	1.5	0.1	3.5
1820	1.2	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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