Pakistan vs South Korea: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 61.6% in Pakistan in 2018 and 97.2% in South Korea in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 37.3 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Pakistan.

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

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1895, when it overtook Pakistan.
In 2012, Pakistan ranked 94 and South Korea ranked 11 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Pakistan	South Korea	World
2018	61.6	–	88.2
2017	59.9	97.2	88.2
2016	60	96.8	88.3
2015	56	98	88.2
2014	60.4	95.9	88.3
2013	57.6	95.6	88.2
2012	58.2	98.1	88.2
2011	58.1	–	88.1
2010	60.6	–	87.9
2009	60.1	99.6	87.9
2008	59.2	–	87.6
2007	58.7	–	87.2
2006	53.5	–	86
2005	54.9	–	85.4
2004	51.9	98	84.7
2003	47.5	98.5	83.5
2002	44.6	97.9	81.4
2001	–	98.4	81
2000	–	99.8	80.7
1999	–	–	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	–	99.7	75.8
1986	–	98.6	75.3
1985	–	98.9	74
1980	20.1	100	75.8
1975	21.6	100	72.9
1970	17	94	69
1965	17	88.5	66
1960	9	90.4	63.1
1955	5.1	77.8	57.4
1950	1.1	43.4	51.4
1945	0.9	37.1	43.5
1940	0.7	30.7	40
1935	0.5	13.6	38.2
1930	0.4	8.1	36.4
1925	0.3	6.5	33
1920	0.2	1.6	30.5
1915	0.2	0.8	29.2
1910	0.1	0.4	28.1
1905	0.1	0.2	25.1
1900	0.1	0.1	23.3
1895	0.1	0.1	21.8
1890	0.1	0	20
1885	0	0	19
1880	0	0	17.2
1875	0	0	15.7
1870	0	0	13.2
1865	0	0	10.6
1860	0	0	9.3
1855	0	0	8
1850	0	0	6.8
1845	0	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	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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