Poland vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2017: 95.6% in Poland and 86.7% in South Africa, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Poland, by 8.9 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in South Africa.

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

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Poland	South Africa	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	95.6	86.7	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	96	–	88.3
2013	96	–	88.2
2012	95.4	–	88.2
2011	94.7	–	88.1
2010	94.5	–	87.9
2009	94	–	87.9
2008	93.4	–	87.6
2007	93.3	–	87.2
2006	93.3	–	86
2005	93.3	88.9	85.4
2004	93.9	89.3	84.7
2003	94.6	89.7	83.5
2002	95.5	88.3	81.4
2001	96.4	87.6	81
2000	96.5	86.3	80.7
1999	97	88	79.9
1998	–	86.7	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	90.9	78
1994	–	90.2	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	89	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	98	88	75.8
1975	96	88	72.9
1970	95	88	69
1965	87	78.2	66
1960	90.4	75.6	63.1
1955	86.9	68.4	57.4
1950	100	61.3	51.4
1945	93.6	54.2	43.5
1940	87.2	47.1	40
1935	80.7	39.9	38.2
1930	74.3	32.8	36.4
1925	67.9	25.7	33
1920	65.7	18.6	30.5
1915	63.4	11.4	29.2
1910	61.1	4.3	28.1
1905	58.7	1.7	25.1
1900	56.3	1.5	23.3
1895	53.9	1.3	21.8
1890	51.4	1	20
1885	48.9	0.8	19
1880	46.5	0.6	17.2
1875	44	0.4	15.7
1870	41.6	0.3	13.2
1865	39.3	0.3	10.6
1860	37	0.2	9.3
1855	34.7	0.1	8
1850	32.5	0.1	6.8
1845	30.4	0.1	5.9
1840	28.4	0.1	5.2
1835	26.4	0.1	4.5
1830	24.6	0	4
1825	22.8	0	3.5
1820	21.1	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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