Pakistan vs Türkiye: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 61.6% in Pakistan in 2018 and 87.2% in Türkiye in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 27.3 percentage points, or 1.46 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

Türkiye has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
In 2012, Pakistan ranked 94 and Türkiye ranked 42 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	Türkiye	World
2018	61.6	–	88.2
2017	59.9	87.2	88.2
2016	60	93.7	88.3
2015	56	94.2	88.2
2014	60.4	94	88.3
2013	57.6	92.5	88.2
2012	58.2	92	88.2
2011	58.1	94.6	88.1
2010	60.6	95.4	87.9
2009	60.1	94.5	87.9
2008	59.2	96.6	87.6
2007	58.7	97.1	87.2
2006	53.5	96.2	86
2005	54.9	–	85.4
2004	51.9	–	84.7
2003	47.5	–	83.5
2002	44.6	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	90.8	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	88.3	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	88.3	78
1994	–	88.9	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	20.1	84.6	75.8
1975	21.6	83.7	72.9
1970	17	85.5	69
1965	17	74.7	66
1960	9	37.8	63.1
1955	5.1	46.7	57.4
1950	1.1	44.7	51.4
1945	0.9	38.8	43.5
1940	0.7	32.8	40
1935	0.5	26.9	38.2
1930	0.4	21	36.4
1925	0.3	15.1	33
1920	0.2	9.2	30.5
1915	0.2	6.8	29.2
1910	0.1	5	28.1
1905	0.1	3.6	25.1
1900	0.1	2.6	23.3
1895	0.1	1.9	21.8
1890	0.1	1.4	20
1885	0	1	19
1880	0	0.7	17.2
1875	0	0.5	15.7
1870	0	0.4	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	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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