Niger vs Rwanda

Niger vs Rwanda: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 60.2% in Niger in 2017 and 95.1% in Rwanda in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 37.2 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Niger.

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

Niger vs Rwanda: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 60.2% in Niger in 2017 and 95.1% in Rwanda in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 37.2 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Niger.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

YearNigerRwandaWorld
2018–95.188.2
201760.297.488.2
201658.399.588.3
201556.4–88.2
201455.1–88.3
201355.3–88.2
201254.7–88.2
201152.6–88.1
201048–87.9
200944.8–87.9
200841–87.6
200736.6–87.2
200635.2–86
200534.3–85.4
200433.4–84.7
200330.586.783.5
200227.282.581.4
200124.4–81
200021.6–80.7
199920.785.679.9
199819.2–78.9
199718.6–78.1
1996––77.9
1995––78
1994––78.3
1993––78
199216–77.7
199117.4–77.8
199016.9–77.3
198916.5–77.6
1988––76.6
1987––75.8
198616.5–75.3
1985––74
198018.1–75.8
197512.4–72.9
19708.6–69
19656.7–66
19602.9–63.1
19551.2–57.4
19500.4–51.4
19450.3–43.5
19400.3–40
19350.2–38.2
19300.2–36.4
19250.1–33
19200.1–30.5
19150.1–29.2
19100.1–28.1
19050–25.1
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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