Mali vs South Sudan

Mali vs South Sudan: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 55.8% in Mali in 2018 and 30.4% in South Sudan in 2015, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Mali, by 21.7 percentage points, or 1.71 times that in South Sudan.

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

Mali vs South Sudan: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 55.8% in Mali in 2018 and 30.4% in South Sudan in 2015, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Mali, by 21.7 percentage points, or 1.71 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2011.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2015.

Every year

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

YearMaliSouth SudanWorld
201855.8–88.2
201757.7–88.2
201653.4–88.3
201552.130.488.2
201455.7–88.3
2013––88.2
201258.5–88.2
201160.23688.1
201059.2–87.9
200958.2–87.9
2008––87.6
200754.2–87.2
200651.8–86
200550.1–85.4
200447.1–84.7
200344.8–83.5
200244.9–81.4
2001––81
2000––80.7
199936.9–79.9
1998––78.9
1997––78.1
1996––77.9
1995––78
1994––78.3
1993––78
1992––77.7
1991––77.8
1990––77.3
1989––77.6
1988––76.6
1987––75.8
1986––75.3
1985––74
198011.9–75.8
197512.1–72.9
197011–69
19656.9–66
19602.8–63.1
19552.3–57.4
19501.4–51.4
19451–43.5
19400.7–40
19350.5–38.2
19300.3–36.4
19250.2–33
19200.2–30.5
19150.1–29.2
19100.1–28.1
19050.1–25.1
19000–23.3
18950–21.8
18900–20
18850–19
18800–17.2
18750–15.7
18700–13.2
18650–10.6
18600–9.3
18550–8
18500–6.8
18450–5.9
18400–5.2
18350–4.5
18300–4
18250–3.5
18200–3.1

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.
  • 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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