Ireland vs Saudi Arabia

Ireland vs Saudi Arabia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 94.4% in Saudi Arabia in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Ireland, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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

Ireland vs Saudi Arabia: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 94.4% in Saudi Arabia in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Ireland, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

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

YearIrelandSaudi ArabiaWorld
2018–94.488.2
2017–95.388.2
2016–95.688.3
2015––88.2
2014––88.3
2013––88.2
2012––88.2
201197.397.188.1
2010–96.987.9
2009–90.687.9
2008––87.6
2007––87.2
2006––86
2005––85.4
2004––84.7
2003––83.5
2002––81.4
200194.3–81
2000––80.7
199994.3–79.9
1998––78.9
1997––78.1
199689.6–77.9
199588.6–78
199488.3–78.3
199388.2–78
199288.6–77.7
199189.7–77.8
199090.4–77.3
198990–77.6
198889.4–76.6
198788.5–75.8
198687.9–75.3
1985––74
198091–75.8
197591–72.9
197092–69
196592–66
196096.3–63.1
1955100–57.4
1950100–51.4
194595.9–43.5
194091.7–40
193587.6–38.2
193083.4–36.4
192579.3–33
192075.1–30.5
191571–29.2
191066.8–28.1
190562.7–25.1
190058.5–23.3
189554.4–21.8
189050.3–20
188546.1–19
188042–17.2
187537.8–15.7
187033.7–13.2
186529.5–10.6
186027–9.3
185524.6–8
185022.3–6.8
184520.2–5.9
184018.2–5.2
183516.4–4.5
183014.8–4
182513.3–3.5
182011.9–3.1

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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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