Ireland vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1996 the value was higher in Ireland, by 3.4 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

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

IrelandUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher since 1996, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 77.9% in 1996.

Every year

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

Year	Ireland	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	86.8	88.2
2012	–	87.5	88.2
2011	97.3	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	87.1	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	–	79.7	78.9
1997	–	82.5	78.1
1996	89.6	86.1	77.9
1995	88.6	88.8	78
1994	88.3	88.5	78.3
1993	88.2	90.1	78
1992	88.6	91.9	77.7
1991	89.7	95.9	77.8
1990	90.4	95.1	77.3
1989	90	90.8	77.6
1988	89.4	86.2	76.6
1987	88.5	83.3	75.8
1986	87.9	73.2	75.3
1985	–	72	74
1980	91	–	75.8
1975	91	–	72.9
1970	92	–	69
1965	92	–	66
1960	96.3	–	63.1
1955	100	–	57.4
1950	100	–	51.4
1945	95.9	–	43.5
1940	91.7	–	40
1935	87.6	–	38.2
1930	83.4	–	36.4
1925	79.3	–	33
1920	75.1	–	30.5
1915	71	–	29.2
1910	66.8	–	28.1
1905	62.7	–	25.1
1900	58.5	–	23.3
1895	54.4	–	21.8
1890	50.3	–	20
1885	46.1	–	19
1880	42	–	17.2
1875	37.8	–	15.7
1870	33.7	–	13.2
1865	29.5	–	10.6
1860	27	–	9.3
1855	24.6	–	8
1850	22.3	–	6.8
1845	20.2	–	5.9
1840	18.2	–	5.2
1835	16.4	–	4.5
1830	14.8	–	4
1825	13.3	–	3.5
1820	11.9	–	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Ireland vs United Arab Emirates

Health

People

Economy

Education

Learning-adjusted schoolingIreland: 11.6 years in 2020United Arab Emirates: 9.6 years in 2020

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsIreland: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022