Kenya vs Sweden: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 81.7% in Kenya in 2012 and 98.1% in Sweden in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Sweden, by 22.9 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in Kenya.
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Watch it change on the mapChange since 1820, percentage points · Our World in Data
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 81.7 2012 | 59.6 | 81 of 97 |
| Sweden | 98.1 2008 | — | — |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
- The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Kenya | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 81.7 | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 76.4 | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 75.2 | 98.1 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 78.5 | 96.1 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 69.2 | 95 | 86 |
| 2005 | 69.7 | 95.2 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 68.9 | 96.6 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 70.5 | 98.8 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 59.6 | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 65.4 | – | 81 |
| 2000 | 64.4 | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 61.2 | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | – | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 99.8 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | 99.5 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 98.8 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 98.4 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 98.1 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 84 | 95.7 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 79 | 100 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 43.4 | 93.1 | 69 |
| 1965 | 34.7 | 98 | 66 |
| 1960 | 26 | 95 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 19.1 | 100 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 18.8 | 100 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 14.5 | 97.8 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 11.1 | 95.7 | 40 |
| 1935 | 8.4 | 93.5 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 6.3 | 91.3 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 4.7 | 89.2 | 33 |
| 1920 | 3.5 | 87 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 2.6 | 84.8 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 1.9 | 82.7 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 1.4 | 80.5 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 1 | 78.3 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0.8 | 76.2 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.6 | 74 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.4 | 71.8 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.3 | 69.7 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.2 | 67.5 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.2 | 65.3 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.1 | 63.2 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.1 | 61 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.1 | 58.8 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0.1 | 56.7 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0 | 54 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 51.3 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 48.6 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 43.3 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 40.7 | 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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