India vs Tanzania

India vs Tanzania: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93% in India in 2013 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in India, by 7.6 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Tanzania.

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

India vs Tanzania: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 93% in India in 2013 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in India, by 7.6 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • India has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

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

YearIndiaTanzaniaWorld
2018–82.988.2
2017–85.288.2
2016–85.488.3
2015––88.2
2014–85.488.3
20139385.488.2
201292.488.888.2
201192.1–88.1
201092.493.187.9
200992.3–87.9
20089298.787.6
200790.9–87.2
2006–96.386
2005–90.385.4
2004–85.684.7
20038380.983.5
200273.972.881.4
200173.558.481
200073.254.480.7
1999–50.979.9
1998–50.478.9
1997–50.878.1
1996–50.377.9
1995–50.278
1994–50.478.3
1993–51.478
1992–5277.7
1991–5277.8
199065.652.877.3
1989–53.577.6
1988–53.776.6
1987–55.675.8
1986–57.475.3
1985–58.674
198052.6–75.8
197547.1–72.9
197044–69
196531.4–66
196020.4–63.1
195522.6–57.4
195016–51.4
19458.1–43.5
19406.4–40
19354.4–38.2
19303.9–36.4
19254.6–33
19203.8–30.5
19153.1–29.2
19102.5–28.1
19051.8–25.1
19001.3–23.3
18951.2–21.8
18901–20
18850.6–19
18800.5–17.2
18750.4–15.7
18700.3–13.2
18650.2–10.6
18600.2–9.3
18550.1–8
18500.1–6.8
18450.1–5.9
18400.1–5.2
18350–4.5
18300–4
18250–3.5
18200–3.1

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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