India vs Ireland: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93% in India in 2013 and 97.3% in Ireland in 2011, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Ireland, by 5.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in India.

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

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What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 88.1% in 2011.

Every year

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

Year	India	Ireland	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	93	–	88.2
2012	92.4	–	88.2
2011	92.1	97.3	88.1
2010	92.4	–	87.9
2009	92.3	–	87.9
2008	92	–	87.6
2007	90.9	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	83	–	83.5
2002	73.9	–	81.4
2001	73.5	94.3	81
2000	73.2	–	80.7
1999	–	94.3	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	89.6	77.9
1995	–	88.6	78
1994	–	88.3	78.3
1993	–	88.2	78
1992	–	88.6	77.7
1991	–	89.7	77.8
1990	65.6	90.4	77.3
1989	–	90	77.6
1988	–	89.4	76.6
1987	–	88.5	75.8
1986	–	87.9	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	52.6	91	75.8
1975	47.1	91	72.9
1970	44	92	69
1965	31.4	92	66
1960	20.4	96.3	63.1
1955	22.6	100	57.4
1950	16	100	51.4
1945	8.1	95.9	43.5
1940	6.4	91.7	40
1935	4.4	87.6	38.2
1930	3.9	83.4	36.4
1925	4.6	79.3	33
1920	3.8	75.1	30.5
1915	3.1	71	29.2
1910	2.5	66.8	28.1
1905	1.8	62.7	25.1
1900	1.3	58.5	23.3
1895	1.2	54.4	21.8
1890	1	50.3	20
1885	0.6	46.1	19
1880	0.5	42	17.2
1875	0.4	37.8	15.7
1870	0.3	33.7	13.2
1865	0.2	29.5	10.6
1860	0.2	27	9.3
1855	0.1	24.6	8
1850	0.1	22.3	6.8
1845	0.1	20.2	5.9
1840	0.1	18.2	5.2
1835	0	16.4	4.5
1830	0	14.8	4
1825	0	13.3	3.5
1820	0	11.9	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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