Nigeria vs United Kingdom: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 58.1% in Nigeria in 2010 and 99.4% in United Kingdom in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 39.9 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in Nigeria.
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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 | Rank in 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58.1 2010 | 59.2 | — |
| United Kingdom | 99.4 2017 | 96.8 | 9 of 97 |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2004.
- The world as a whole: 87.9% in 2010.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Nigeria | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | 99.4 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | 99.6 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | 99.6 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | 98.3 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | 98.2 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 58.1 | 98 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 57.9 | 97.8 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 56.7 | 98.6 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 62.7 | 96.8 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 63.3 | 98.7 | 86 |
| 2005 | 62.1 | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 61.5 | 98.2 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | 99.9 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81 |
| 2000 | 59.2 | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 56.3 | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | – | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 96.8 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 98.4 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 99.9 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 98.2 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 95.3 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | 93.7 | 74 |
| 1980 | – | 97 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | – | 98 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | – | 98 | 69 |
| 1965 | – | 100 | 66 |
| 1960 | – | 100 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | – | 100 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | – | 100 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | – | 100 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | – | 100 | 40 |
| 1935 | – | 100 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | – | 100 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | – | 100 | 33 |
| 1920 | – | 100 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | – | 100 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | – | 100 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | – | 100 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | – | 91.3 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | – | 82.6 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | – | 73.9 | 20 |
| 1885 | – | 65.2 | 19 |
| 1880 | – | 56.4 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | – | 47.7 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | – | 39 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | – | 35.4 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | – | 31.9 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | – | 28.3 | 8 |
| 1850 | – | 24.7 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | – | 22.5 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | – | 20.4 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | – | 18.5 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | – | 16.8 | 4 |
| 1825 | – | 15.1 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | – | 13.6 | 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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