Ireland vs Tanzania

Ireland vs Tanzania: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2001 the value was higher in Ireland, by 35.8 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Tanzania.

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

Ireland vs Tanzania: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2001 the value was higher in Ireland, by 35.8 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1986.
  • The world as a whole: 81% in 2001.

Every year

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

YearIrelandTanzaniaWorld
2018–82.988.2
2017–85.288.2
2016–85.488.3
2015––88.2
2014–85.488.3
2013–85.488.2
2012–88.888.2
201197.3–88.1
2010–93.187.9
2009––87.9
2008–98.787.6
2007––87.2
2006–96.386
2005–90.385.4
2004–85.684.7
2003–80.983.5
2002–72.881.4
200194.358.481
2000–54.480.7
199994.350.979.9
1998–50.478.9
1997–50.878.1
199689.650.377.9
199588.650.278
199488.350.478.3
199388.251.478
199288.65277.7
199189.75277.8
199090.452.877.3
19899053.577.6
198889.453.776.6
198788.555.675.8
198687.957.475.3
1985–58.674
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.
  • 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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