Romania vs Sweden: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 82% in Romania in 2017 and 98.1% in Sweden in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Sweden, by 8.5 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Romania.

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

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.

Every year

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

Year	Romania	Sweden	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	82	–	88.2
2016	83.9	–	88.3
2015	86	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	89.1	–	88.2
2011	90.4	–	88.1
2010	90.7	–	87.9
2009	90.5	–	87.9
2008	89.6	98.1	87.6
2007	93.6	96.1	87.2
2006	93.6	95	86
2005	94.8	95.2	85.4
2004	–	96.6	84.7
2003	93.8	98.8	83.5
2002	90.3	–	81.4
2001	90.8	–	81
2000	86.7	–	80.7
1999	86.7	–	79.9
1998	89.1	–	78.9
1997	89.8	–	78.1
1996	89.7	–	77.9
1995	88.3	–	78
1994	83.4	–	78.3
1993	75.5	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	99.8	77.8
1990	–	99.5	77.3
1989	–	98.8	77.6
1988	–	98.4	76.6
1987	–	98.1	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	80.2	95.7	75.8
1975	84.9	100	72.9
1970	89.7	93.1	69
1965	80.2	98	66
1960	66.7	95	63.1
1955	63.2	100	57.4
1950	54.8	100	51.4
1945	50.9	97.8	43.5
1940	47	95.7	40
1935	43.1	93.5	38.2
1930	39.3	91.3	36.4
1925	35.4	89.2	33
1920	31.5	87	30.5
1915	27.6	84.8	29.2
1910	23.7	82.7	28.1
1905	19.8	80.5	25.1
1900	16	78.3	23.3
1895	12.1	76.2	21.8
1890	8.2	74	20
1885	6.8	71.8	19
1880	5.5	69.7	17.2
1875	4.5	67.5	15.7
1870	3.7	65.3	13.2
1865	3	63.2	10.6
1860	2.5	61	9.3
1855	2	58.8	8
1850	1.6	56.7	6.8
1845	1.3	54	5.9
1840	1.1	51.3	5.2
1835	0.9	48.6	4.5
1830	0.7	46	4
1825	0.6	43.3	3.5
1820	0.5	40.7	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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