Norway vs Russia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 99.8% in Norway in 2014 and 96.8% in Russia in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Norway, by 5.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Russia.

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

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What the numbers say

Norway has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Russia.
The world as a whole: 88.3% in 2014.

Every year

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

Year	Norway	Russia	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	96.8	88.3
2015	–	95.8	88.2
2014	99.8	94.5	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	99.5	–	88.1
2010	99.2	–	87.9
2009	99.3	94.1	87.9
2008	99.4	92.5	87.6
2007	99.2	90.4	87.2
2006	98.9	90.2	86
2005	98.7	–	85.4
2004	99.4	–	84.7
2003	99.9	–	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	84.3	–	78.1
1996	98.3	–	77.9
1995	98.2	93.5	78
1994	98.5	96.9	78.3
1993	98.9	–	78
1992	99.7	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	99.8	–	77.3
1989	98.7	–	77.6
1988	97.6	–	76.6
1987	97.2	–	75.8
1986	96.4	–	75.3
1985	96.5	–	74
1980	99	100	75.8
1975	100	96	72.9
1970	93.1	99	69
1965	95.1	99.9	66
1960	99	97	63.1
1955	100	95.5	57.4
1950	100	94	51.4
1945	98.2	92.5	43.5
1940	96.5	91	40
1935	94.7	89.5	38.2
1930	92.9	88	36.4
1925	91.2	59	33
1920	89.4	30	30.5
1915	87.6	27.3	29.2
1910	85.9	24.7	28.1
1905	84.1	22	25.1
1900	82.3	19.4	23.3
1895	80.5	15.3	21.8
1890	78.8	11.2	20
1885	77	7.1	19
1880	75.4	7.4	17.2
1875	73.6	5.9	15.7
1870	71.8	4.8	13.2
1865	70	3.8	10.6
1860	68.1	3	9.3
1855	66.1	2.4	8
1850	64.1	1.9	6.8
1845	62	1.5	5.9
1840	59.8	1.2	5.2
1835	57.7	0.9	4.5
1830	55.5	0.7	4
1825	53.3	0.6	3.5
1820	51.1	0.5	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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