Pakistan vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 61.6% in Pakistan in 2018 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 29.2 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in Pakistan.

Watch it change on the map

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

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2007.
In 2012, Pakistan ranked 94 and United Arab Emirates ranked 70 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

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

Year	Pakistan	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	61.6	–	88.2
2017	59.9	–	88.2
2016	60	–	88.3
2015	56	–	88.2
2014	60.4	–	88.3
2013	57.6	86.8	88.2
2012	58.2	87.5	88.2
2011	58.1	–	88.1
2010	60.6	–	87.9
2009	60.1	–	87.9
2008	59.2	–	87.6
2007	58.7	87.1	87.2
2006	53.5	–	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	–	–	79.9
1998	–	79.7	78.9
1997	–	82.5	78.1
1996	–	86.1	77.9
1995	–	88.8	78
1994	–	88.5	78.3
1993	–	90.1	78
1992	–	91.9	77.7
1991	–	95.9	77.8
1990	–	95.1	77.3
1989	–	90.8	77.6
1988	–	86.2	76.6
1987	–	83.3	75.8
1986	–	73.2	75.3
1985	–	72	74
1980	20.1	–	75.8
1975	21.6	–	72.9
1970	17	–	69
1965	17	–	66
1960	9	–	63.1
1955	5.1	–	57.4
1950	1.1	–	51.4
1945	0.9	–	43.5
1940	0.7	–	40
1935	0.5	–	38.2
1930	0.4	–	36.4
1925	0.3	–	33
1920	0.2	–	30.5
1915	0.2	–	29.2
1910	0.1	–	28.1
1905	0.1	–	25.1
1900	0.1	–	23.3
1895	0.1	–	21.8
1890	0.1	–	20
1885	0	–	19
1880	0	–	17.2
1875	0	–	15.7
1870	0	–	13.2
1865	0	–	10.6
1860	0	–	9.3
1855	0	–	8
1850	0	–	6.8
1845	0	–	5.9
1840	0	–	5.2
1835	0	–	4.5
1830	0	–	4
1825	0	–	3.5
1820	0	–	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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Deaths in conflictsPakistan: 738 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022