Ireland vs Spain: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 97.6% in Spain in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1992 the value was higher in Spain, by 11.2 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Ireland.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data · log scale
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 97.3 2011 | 94.3 |
| Spain | 97.6 2017 | — |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Ireland.
- The world as a whole: 77.7% in 1992.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Ireland | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | 97.6 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | 99.1 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 97.3 | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | – | 86 |
| 2005 | – | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 94.3 | – | 81 |
| 2000 | – | – | 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 | 99.8 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | 89.7 | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | 90.4 | 99.2 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 90 | 99.4 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | 89.4 | 98.7 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | 88.5 | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | 87.9 | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 91 | 100 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 91 | 100 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 92 | 95 | 69 |
| 1965 | 92 | 83 | 66 |
| 1960 | 96.3 | 84.5 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 100 | 80.3 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 100 | 64.6 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 95.9 | 60.5 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 91.7 | 56.5 | 40 |
| 1935 | 87.6 | 52.4 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 83.4 | 48.3 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 79.3 | 44.3 | 33 |
| 1920 | 75.1 | 44.2 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 71 | 44.1 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 66.8 | 44 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 62.7 | 43.9 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 58.5 | 43.8 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 54.4 | 43.7 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 50.3 | 43.6 | 20 |
| 1885 | 46.1 | 43.5 | 19 |
| 1880 | 42 | 37.9 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 37.8 | 32.5 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 33.7 | 27.6 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 29.5 | 23.2 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 27 | 19.3 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 24.6 | 15.9 | 8 |
| 1850 | 22.3 | 13.1 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 20.2 | 10.6 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 18.2 | 8.6 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 16.4 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 14.8 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 1825 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 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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