Jordan vs Syria: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 80.2% in Jordan in 2018 and 67% in Syria in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in Jordan, by 7 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Syria.

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

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What the numbers say

Jordan has been higher since 1955, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

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

Year	Jordan	Syria	World
2018	80.2	–	88.2
2017	79.6	–	88.2
2016	76.2	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	74	67	88.2
2012	74.4	–	88.2
2011	77.4	–	88.1
2010	80	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	83.3	–	87.6
2007	86.1	–	87.2
2006	89	–	86
2005	90.8	–	85.4
2004	92	–	84.7
2003	91.7	–	83.5
2002	90.2	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	88.4	–	80.7
1999	87.9	–	79.9
1998	–	90.9	78.9
1997	–	92	78.1
1996	–	92.6	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	90.6	77.3
1989	–	91	77.6
1988	–	90.4	76.6
1987	–	90.3	75.8
1986	–	86.3	75.3
1985	89.4	83.9	74
1980	91	81	75.8
1975	75.1	72	72.9
1970	62	54	69
1965	77	46	66
1960	54.5	34.5	63.1
1955	43.4	33.4	57.4
1950	17.9	32.2	51.4
1945	13.6	25.6	43.5
1940	10.2	20	40
1935	7.6	15.4	38.2
1930	5.6	11.7	36.4
1925	4.1	8.7	33
1920	3	6.5	30.5
1915	2.2	4.8	29.2
1910	1.6	3.6	28.1
1905	1.2	2.6	25.1
1900	0.8	1.9	23.3
1895	0.6	1.4	21.8
1890	0.4	1	20
1885	0.3	0.7	19
1880	0.2	0.5	17.2
1875	0.2	0.4	15.7
1870	0.1	0.3	13.2
1865	0.1	0.2	10.6
1860	0.1	0.2	9.3
1855	0.1	0.1	8
1850	0	0.1	6.8
1845	0	0.1	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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