Ireland vs United Kingdom: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.3% in Ireland in 2011 and 99.4% in United Kingdom in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Ireland.

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

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 1960.
The world as a whole: 88.1% in 2011.

Every year

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

Year	Ireland	United Kingdom	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	99.4	88.2
2016	–	99.6	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	99.6	88.2
2012	–	98.3	88.2
2011	97.3	98.2	88.1
2010	–	98	87.9
2009	–	97.8	87.9
2008	–	98.6	87.6
2007	–	96.8	87.2
2006	–	98.7	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	98.2	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	99.9	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	96.8	77.7
1991	89.7	98.4	77.8
1990	90.4	–	77.3
1989	90	–	77.6
1988	89.4	99.9	76.6
1987	88.5	98.2	75.8
1986	87.9	95.3	75.3
1985	–	93.7	74
1980	91	97	75.8
1975	91	98	72.9
1970	92	98	69
1965	92	100	66
1960	96.3	100	63.1
1955	100	100	57.4
1950	100	100	51.4
1945	95.9	100	43.5
1940	91.7	100	40
1935	87.6	100	38.2
1930	83.4	100	36.4
1925	79.3	100	33
1920	75.1	100	30.5
1915	71	100	29.2
1910	66.8	100	28.1
1905	62.7	100	25.1
1900	58.5	91.3	23.3
1895	54.4	82.6	21.8
1890	50.3	73.9	20
1885	46.1	65.2	19
1880	42	56.4	17.2
1875	37.8	47.7	15.7
1870	33.7	39	13.2
1865	29.5	35.4	10.6
1860	27	31.9	9.3
1855	24.6	28.3	8
1850	22.3	24.7	6.8
1845	20.2	22.5	5.9
1840	18.2	20.4	5.2
1835	16.4	18.5	4.5
1830	14.8	16.8	4
1825	13.3	15.1	3.5
1820	11.9	13.6	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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