Russia vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 96.8% in Russia in 2016 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Russia, by 3.3 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

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

RussiaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2007.

Every year

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

Year	Russia	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	96.8	–	88.3
2015	95.8	–	88.2
2014	94.5	–	88.3
2013	–	86.8	88.2
2012	–	87.5	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	94.1	–	87.9
2008	92.5	–	87.6
2007	90.4	87.1	87.2
2006	90.2	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	–	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	93.5	88.8	78
1994	96.9	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	100	–	75.8
1975	96	–	72.9
1970	99	–	69
1965	99.9	–	66
1960	97	–	63.1
1955	95.5	–	57.4
1950	94	–	51.4
1945	92.5	–	43.5
1940	91	–	40
1935	89.5	–	38.2
1930	88	–	36.4
1925	59	–	33
1920	30	–	30.5
1915	27.3	–	29.2
1910	24.7	–	28.1
1905	22	–	25.1
1900	19.4	–	23.3
1895	15.3	–	21.8
1890	11.2	–	20
1885	7.1	–	19
1880	7.4	–	17.2
1875	5.9	–	15.7
1870	4.8	–	13.2
1865	3.8	–	10.6
1860	3	–	9.3
1855	2.4	–	8
1850	1.9	–	6.8
1845	1.5	–	5.9
1840	1.2	–	5.2
1835	0.9	–	4.5
1830	0.7	–	4
1825	0.6	–	3.5
1820	0.5	–	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Russia vs United Arab Emirates

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsRussia: 70 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022