Jordan vs Morocco: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 80.2% in Jordan in 2018 and 97% in Morocco in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Morocco, by 17.4 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Jordan.

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

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What the numbers say

Morocco has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Jordan.
In 2012, Jordan ranked 86 and Morocco ranked 41 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Jordan	Morocco	World
2018	80.2	–	88.2
2017	79.6	97	88.2
2016	76.2	94.7	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	93.2	88.3
2013	74	93	88.2
2012	74.4	92.3	88.2
2011	77.4	92.9	88.1
2010	80	91.7	87.9
2009	–	88.6	87.9
2008	83.3	88.4	87.6
2007	86.1	87.5	87.2
2006	89	86	86
2005	90.8	84.7	85.4
2004	92	83.6	84.7
2003	91.7	83.5	83.5
2002	90.2	81.8	81.4
2001	–	77.1	81
2000	88.4	72.1	80.7
1999	87.9	66.4	79.9
1998	–	60.5	78.9
1997	–	59.5	78.1
1996	–	57.6	77.9
1995	–	54.9	78
1994	–	51.8	78.3
1993	–	48.9	78
1992	–	46.6	77.7
1991	–	45.7	77.8
1990	–	45.8	77.3
1989	–	44.6	77.6
1988	–	45.9	76.6
1987	–	47	75.8
1986	–	48.4	75.3
1985	89.4	49.7	74
1980	91	45	75.8
1975	75.1	35	72.9
1970	62	30.4	69
1965	77	25.9	66
1960	54.5	21.3	63.1
1955	43.4	16.8	57.4
1950	17.9	8.6	51.4
1945	13.6	6.6	43.5
1940	10.2	5.1	40
1935	7.6	3.9	38.2
1930	5.6	3	36.4
1925	4.1	1.7	33
1920	3	1.3	30.5
1915	2.2	0.8	29.2
1910	1.6	0.6	28.1
1905	1.2	0.5	25.1
1900	0.8	0.3	23.3
1895	0.6	0.3	21.8
1890	0.4	0.2	20
1885	0.3	0.1	19
1880	0.2	0.1	17.2
1875	0.2	0.1	15.7
1870	0.1	0.1	13.2
1865	0.1	0	10.6
1860	0.1	0	9.3
1855	0.1	0	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	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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