Malawi vs Niger: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.1% in Malawi in 2007 and 60.2% in Niger in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Malawi, by 60.5 percentage points, or 2.65 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

Malawi has been higher since 1860.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2007.

Every year

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

Year	Malawi	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	97.1	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	39	18.1	75.8
1975	33	12.4	72.9
1970	19.5	8.6	69
1965	24	6.7	66
1960	33.8	2.9	63.1
1955	40.1	1.2	57.4
1950	43.2	0.4	51.4
1945	33.7	0.3	43.5
1940	25.3	0.3	40
1935	18.4	0.2	38.2
1930	13	0.2	36.4
1925	8.9	0.1	33
1920	6.1	0.1	30.5
1915	4	0.1	29.2
1910	2.7	0.1	28.1
1905	1.7	0	25.1
1900	1.1	0	23.3
1895	0.7	0	21.8
1890	0.4	0	20
1885	0.3	0	19
1880	0.2	0	17.2
1875	0.1	0	15.7
1870	0.1	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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