Italy vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2017: 95.4% in Italy and 86.7% in South Africa, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Italy, by 8.7 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in South Africa.

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

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Italy	South Africa	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	95.4	86.7	88.2
2016	95.8	–	88.3
2015	96.4	–	88.2
2014	96.9	–	88.3
2013	97.6	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	88.9	85.4
2004	–	89.3	84.7
2003	–	89.7	83.5
2002	–	88.3	81.4
2001	–	87.6	81
2000	–	86.3	80.7
1999	–	88	79.9
1998	–	86.7	78.9
1997	99.1	–	78.1
1996	97.9	–	77.9
1995	–	90.9	78
1994	–	90.2	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	89	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	99.2	–	74
1980	97.2	88	75.8
1975	99	88	72.9
1970	100	88	69
1965	99.9	78.2	66
1960	100	75.6	63.1
1955	90.9	68.4	57.4
1950	94.5	61.3	51.4
1945	91.6	54.2	43.5
1940	100	47.1	40
1935	99.6	39.9	38.2
1930	94.1	32.8	36.4
1925	75.6	25.7	33
1920	87.9	18.6	30.5
1915	77.6	11.4	29.2
1910	76.8	4.3	28.1
1905	69.6	1.7	25.1
1900	66	1.5	23.3
1895	63.1	1.3	21.8
1890	61.4	1	20
1885	59.7	0.8	19
1880	57.1	0.6	17.2
1875	52.7	0.4	15.7
1870	43.9	0.3	13.2
1865	33.1	0.3	10.6
1860	29.6	0.2	9.3
1855	26.3	0.1	8
1850	23.3	0.1	6.8
1845	20.5	0.1	5.9
1840	18	0.1	5.2
1835	15.7	0.1	4.5
1830	13.7	0	4
1825	11.9	0	3.5
1820	10.3	0	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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