Iraq vs Jordan: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 86.9% in Iraq in 2007 and 80.2% in Jordan in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Iraq, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Jordan.

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

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What the numbers say

Iraq has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Jordan.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2007.

Every year

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

Year	Iraq	Jordan	World
2018	–	80.2	88.2
2017	–	79.6	88.2
2016	–	76.2	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	74	88.2
2012	–	74.4	88.2
2011	–	77.4	88.1
2010	–	80	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	83.3	87.6
2007	86.9	86.1	87.2
2006	–	89	86
2005	–	90.8	85.4
2004	86.8	92	84.7
2003	–	91.7	83.5
2002	–	90.2	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	82.4	88.4	80.7
1999	83.4	87.9	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	71.4	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	74.2	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	83.7	–	77.6
1988	86.3	–	76.6
1987	84.3	–	75.8
1986	82.8	–	75.3
1985	82.1	89.4	74
1980	95	91	75.8
1975	55	75.1	72.9
1970	34	62	69
1965	36	77	66
1960	28	54.5	63.1
1955	15.5	43.4	57.4
1950	10	17.9	51.4
1945	6.1	13.6	43.5
1940	5.2	10.2	40
1935	4.7	7.6	38.2
1930	2.3	5.6	36.4
1925	1.3	4.1	33
1920	0.2	3	30.5
1915	0.1	2.2	29.2
1910	0.1	1.6	28.1
1905	0.1	1.2	25.1
1900	0	0.8	23.3
1895	0	0.6	21.8
1890	0	0.4	20
1885	0	0.3	19
1880	0	0.2	17.2
1875	0	0.2	15.7
1870	0	0.1	13.2
1865	0	0.1	10.6
1860	0	0.1	9.3
1855	0	0.1	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	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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