Laos vs Thailand: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 90.7% in Laos in 2018 and 97.9% in Thailand in 2009, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2009 the value was higher in Thailand, by 9.9 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in Laos.

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

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
The world as a whole: 87.9% in 2009.

Every year

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

Year	Laos	Thailand	World
2018	90.7	–	88.2
2017	91.7	–	88.2
2016	92.9	–	88.3
2015	94	–	88.2
2014	95.4	–	88.3
2013	94.9	–	88.2
2012	92.8	–	88.2
2011	92.9	–	88.1
2010	92.5	–	87.9
2009	88	97.9	87.9
2008	85.1	97.2	87.6
2007	82.4	97.7	87.2
2006	79.6	98.1	86
2005	78.2	–	85.4
2004	76.8	–	84.7
2003	75.6	–	83.5
2002	73	–	81.4
2001	71.9	–	81
2000	72.3	–	80.7
1999	71.4	–	79.9
1998	70.4	–	78.9
1997	67.1	–	78.1
1996	64.5	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	61.6	–	78.3
1993	58.1	–	78
1992	53.7	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	–	85.9	75.8
1975	–	72.5	72.9
1970	–	70.7	69
1965	–	68	66
1960	–	88	63.1
1955	–	100	57.4
1950	–	100	51.4
1945	–	88.1	43.5
1940	–	76.1	40
1935	–	64.2	38.2
1930	–	52.3	36.4
1925	–	40.3	33
1920	–	28.4	30.5
1915	–	16.5	29.2
1910	–	4.5	28.1
1905	–	4.2	25.1
1900	–	3.9	23.3
1895	–	3.6	21.8
1890	–	3.3	20
1885	–	3	19
1880	–	0.9	17.2
1875	–	0.5	15.7
1870	–	0.3	13.2
1865	–	0.2	10.6
1860	–	0.1	9.3
1855	–	0	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

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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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