Côte d’Ivoire vs Niger: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 86.6% in Côte d’Ivoire in 2018 and 60.2% in Niger in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 21.7 percentage points, or 1.36 times that in Niger.

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

Côte d’IvoireNigerWorld

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire 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	Côte d’Ivoire	Niger	World
2018	86.6	–	88.2
2017	81.9	60.2	88.2
2016	79	58.3	88.3
2015	72.1	56.4	88.2
2014	67.6	55.1	88.3
2013	64.2	55.3	88.2
2012	–	54.7	88.2
2011	–	52.6	88.1
2010	–	48	87.9
2009	50.5	44.8	87.9
2008	–	41	87.6
2007	–	36.6	87.2
2006	–	35.2	86
2005	–	34.3	85.4
2004	–	33.4	84.7
2003	49.9	30.5	83.5
2002	50.5	27.2	81.4
2001	51.3	24.4	81
2000	47.4	21.6	80.7
1999	48.7	20.7	79.9
1998	–	19.2	78.9
1997	47.7	18.6	78.1
1996	46.8	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	16	77.7
1991	–	17.4	77.8
1990	–	16.9	77.3
1989	–	16.5	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	16.5	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	35.7	18.1	75.8
1975	30.2	12.4	72.9
1970	25.1	8.6	69
1965	20.6	6.7	66
1960	16.8	2.9	63.1
1955	13.6	1.2	57.4
1950	10.9	0.4	51.4
1945	8.6	0.3	43.5
1940	6.9	0.3	40
1935	5.4	0.2	38.2
1930	4.3	0.2	36.4
1925	3.3	0.1	33
1920	2.6	0.1	30.5
1915	2	0.1	29.2
1910	1.6	0.1	28.1
1905	1.2	0	25.1
1900	1	0	23.3
1895	0.8	0	21.8
1890	0.6	0	20
1885	0.5	0	19
1880	0.4	0	17.2
1875	0.3	0	15.7
1870	0.2	0	13.2
1865	0.2	0	10.6
1860	0.1	0	9.3
1855	0.1	0	8
1850	0.1	0	6.8
1845	0.1	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	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.
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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