Niger vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2017: 60.2% in Niger and 86.7% in South Africa, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 26.5 percentage points, or 1.44 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

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Niger	South Africa	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	60.2	86.7	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	36.6	–	87.2
2006	35.2	–	86
2005	34.3	88.9	85.4
2004	33.4	89.3	84.7
2003	30.5	89.7	83.5
2002	27.2	88.3	81.4
2001	24.4	87.6	81
2000	21.6	86.3	80.7
1999	20.7	88	79.9
1998	19.2	86.7	78.9
1997	18.6	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	90.9	78
1994	–	90.2	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	16	–	77.7
1991	17.4	89	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	18.1	88	75.8
1975	12.4	88	72.9
1970	8.6	88	69
1965	6.7	78.2	66
1960	2.9	75.6	63.1
1955	1.2	68.4	57.4
1950	0.4	61.3	51.4
1945	0.3	54.2	43.5
1940	0.3	47.1	40
1935	0.2	39.9	38.2
1930	0.2	32.8	36.4
1925	0.1	25.7	33
1920	0.1	18.6	30.5
1915	0.1	11.4	29.2
1910	0.1	4.3	28.1
1905	0	1.7	25.1
1900	0	1.5	23.3
1895	0	1.3	21.8
1890	0	1	20
1885	0	0.8	19
1880	0	0.6	17.2
1875	0	0.4	15.7
1870	0	0.3	13.2
1865	0	0.3	10.6
1860	0	0.2	9.3
1855	0	0.1	8
1850	0	0.1	6.8
1845	0	0.1	5.9
1840	0	0.1	5.2
1835	0	0.1	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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