Libya vs Tunisia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 80.7% in Libya in 1980 and 98.6% in Tunisia in 2009, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Libya, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Tunisia.

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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 1970, when it overtook Tunisia.
The world as a whole: 75.8% in 1980.

Every year

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

Year	Libya	Tunisia	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	98.6	87.9
2008	–	97.2	87.6
2007	–	97.2	87.2
2006	–	98.6	86
2005	–	100	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	97.4	81
2000	–	95	80.7
1999	–	93	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	92.9	78.1
1996	–	93.4	77.9
1995	–	94	78
1994	–	93.1	78.3
1993	–	92.6	78
1992	–	91.2	77.7
1991	–	90.3	77.8
1990	–	88.9	77.3
1989	–	88.9	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	84.7	74
1980	80.7	73	75.8
1975	75.5	62.6	72.9
1970	70.3	62	69
1965	36.3	50.4	66
1960	19	33.3	63.1
1955	10.1	18.7	57.4
1950	3.3	11.8	51.4
1945	2.5	8.9	43.5
1940	1.9	6.6	40
1935	1.4	4.9	38.2
1930	1	3.6	36.4
1925	0.8	2.6	33
1920	0.6	1.9	30.5
1915	0.4	1.4	29.2
1910	0.3	1	28.1
1905	0.2	0.7	25.1
1900	0.2	0.5	23.3
1895	0.1	0.4	21.8
1890	0.1	0.3	20
1885	0.1	0.2	19
1880	0.1	0.2	17.2
1875	0	0.1	15.7
1870	0	0.1	13.2
1865	0	0.1	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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