Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school in 2003: 77.8% in Madagascar and 89.4% in Zimbabwe, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2003 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 11.6 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Madagascar.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 77.8 2003 | — |
| Zimbabwe | 89.4 2003 | — |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
- The world as a whole: 83.5% in 2003.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Madagascar | Zimbabwe | 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 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | – | 86 |
| 2005 | – | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 77.8 | 89.4 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 68.3 | 89.9 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 67.6 | 92.6 | 81 |
| 2000 | 66.5 | 89 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 64.8 | 87.5 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | 85.6 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 57 | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | 57.5 | – | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | 63.8 | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 64.9 | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | – | 44.5 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | – | 52.3 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | – | 51.6 | 69 |
| 1965 | – | 72.7 | 66 |
| 1960 | – | 68 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | – | 89.6 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | – | 75.4 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | – | 67.2 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | – | 59 | 40 |
| 1935 | – | 50.8 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | – | 42.5 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | – | 34.3 | 33 |
| 1920 | – | 26.1 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | – | 17.8 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | – | 9.6 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | – | 5.2 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | – | 2.4 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | – | 0.8 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | – | 0 | 20 |
| 1885 | – | 0 | 19 |
| 1880 | – | 0 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | – | 0 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | – | 0 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | – | 0 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | – | 0 | 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 |
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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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