Indonesia vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 91% in Indonesia in 2018 and 86.7% in South Africa in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 5.1 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in South Africa.

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

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Indonesia	South Africa	World
2018	91	–	88.2
2017	91.8	86.7	88.2
2016	90.3	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	89.4	–	88.3
2013	91	–	88.2
2012	93.3	–	88.2
2011	95.6	–	88.1
2010	94.5	–	87.9
2009	92.7	–	87.9
2008	92.2	–	87.6
2007	92	–	87.2
2006	90.4	–	86
2005	87.5	88.9	85.4
2004	88.9	89.3	84.7
2003	89.8	89.7	83.5
2002	90.9	88.3	81.4
2001	91.3	87.6	81
2000	–	86.3	80.7
1999	–	88	79.9
1998	–	86.7	78.9
1997	91.2	–	78.1
1996	91.3	–	77.9
1995	91.7	90.9	78
1994	92	90.2	78.3
1993	91.7	–	78
1992	92.8	–	77.7
1991	93.9	89	77.8
1990	94.7	–	77.3
1989	96.2	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	96.6	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	83	88	75.8
1975	67	88	72.9
1970	62.6	88	69
1965	55.5	78.2	66
1960	46.7	75.6	63.1
1955	35.4	68.4	57.4
1950	24	61.3	51.4
1945	12.7	54.2	43.5
1940	10.7	47.1	40
1935	9.3	39.9	38.2
1930	7.7	32.8	36.4
1925	4.6	25.7	33
1920	3.3	18.6	30.5
1915	2.6	11.4	29.2
1910	2	4.3	28.1
1905	1.4	1.7	25.1
1900	1	1.5	23.3
1895	0.9	1.3	21.8
1890	0.6	1	20
1885	0.5	0.8	19
1880	0.4	0.6	17.2
1875	0.1	0.4	15.7
1870	0	0.3	13.2
1865	0	0.3	10.6
1860	0	0.2	9.3
1855	0	0.1	8
1850	0	0.1	6.8
1845	0	0.1	5.9
1840	0	0.1	5.2
1835	0	0.1	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	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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