Jordan vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 80.2% in Jordan in 2018 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 12.8 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Jordan.

Watch it change on the map

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

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Jordan.
In 2012, Jordan ranked 86 and United Arab Emirates ranked 70 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

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

Year	Jordan	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	80.2	–	88.2
2017	79.6	–	88.2
2016	76.2	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	74	86.8	88.2
2012	74.4	87.5	88.2
2011	77.4	–	88.1
2010	80	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	83.3	–	87.6
2007	86.1	87.1	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	–	79.7	78.9
1997	–	82.5	78.1
1996	–	86.1	77.9
1995	–	88.8	78
1994	–	88.5	78.3
1993	–	90.1	78
1992	–	91.9	77.7
1991	–	95.9	77.8
1990	–	95.1	77.3
1989	–	90.8	77.6
1988	–	86.2	76.6
1987	–	83.3	75.8
1986	–	73.2	75.3
1985	89.4	72	74
1980	91	–	75.8
1975	75.1	–	72.9
1970	62	–	69
1965	77	–	66
1960	54.5	–	63.1
1955	43.4	–	57.4
1950	17.9	–	51.4
1945	13.6	–	43.5
1940	10.2	–	40
1935	7.6	–	38.2
1930	5.6	–	36.4
1925	4.1	–	33
1920	3	–	30.5
1915	2.2	–	29.2
1910	1.6	–	28.1
1905	1.2	–	25.1
1900	0.8	–	23.3
1895	0.6	–	21.8
1890	0.4	–	20
1885	0.3	–	19
1880	0.2	–	17.2
1875	0.2	–	15.7
1870	0.1	–	13.2
1865	0.1	–	10.6
1860	0.1	–	9.3
1855	0.1	–	8
1850	0	–	6.8
1845	0	–	5.9
1840	0	–	5.2
1835	0	–	4.5
1830	0	–	4
1825	0	–	3.5
1820	0	–	3.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsJordan: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022