Libya vs Niger: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 80.7% in Libya in 1980 and 60.2% in Niger in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Libya, by 62.6 percentage points, or 4.47 times that in Niger.

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

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What the numbers say

Libya has been higher since 1845.
The world as a whole: 75.8% in 1980.

Every year

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

Year	Libya	Niger	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	60.2	88.2
2016	–	58.3	88.3
2015	–	56.4	88.2
2014	–	55.1	88.3
2013	–	55.3	88.2
2012	–	54.7	88.2
2011	–	52.6	88.1
2010	–	48	87.9
2009	–	44.8	87.9
2008	–	41	87.6
2007	–	36.6	87.2
2006	–	35.2	86
2005	–	34.3	85.4
2004	–	33.4	84.7
2003	–	30.5	83.5
2002	–	27.2	81.4
2001	–	24.4	81
2000	–	21.6	80.7
1999	–	20.7	79.9
1998	–	19.2	78.9
1997	–	18.6	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	16	77.7
1991	–	17.4	77.8
1990	–	16.9	77.3
1989	–	16.5	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	16.5	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	80.7	18.1	75.8
1975	75.5	12.4	72.9
1970	70.3	8.6	69
1965	36.3	6.7	66
1960	19	2.9	63.1
1955	10.1	1.2	57.4
1950	3.3	0.4	51.4
1945	2.5	0.3	43.5
1940	1.9	0.3	40
1935	1.4	0.2	38.2
1930	1	0.2	36.4
1925	0.8	0.1	33
1920	0.6	0.1	30.5
1915	0.4	0.1	29.2
1910	0.3	0.1	28.1
1905	0.2	0	25.1
1900	0.2	0	23.3
1895	0.1	0	21.8
1890	0.1	0	20
1885	0.1	0	19
1880	0.1	0	17.2
1875	0	0	15.7
1870	0	0	13.2
1865	0	0	10.6
1860	0	0	9.3
1855	0	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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