Saudi Arabia vs United Kingdom: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 94.4% in Saudi Arabia in 2018 and 99.4% in United Kingdom in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Saudi Arabia.

Watch it change on the map

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

Saudi ArabiaUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom	World
2018	94.4	–	88.2
2017	95.3	99.4	88.2
2016	95.6	99.6	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	99.6	88.2
2012	–	98.3	88.2
2011	97.1	98.2	88.1
2010	96.9	98	87.9
2009	90.6	97.8	87.9
2008	–	98.6	87.6
2007	–	96.8	87.2
2006	–	98.7	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	98.2	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	99.9	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	96.8	77.7
1991	–	98.4	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	99.9	76.6
1987	–	98.2	75.8
1986	–	95.3	75.3
1985	–	93.7	74
1980	–	97	75.8
1975	–	98	72.9
1970	–	98	69
1965	–	100	66
1960	–	100	63.1
1955	–	100	57.4
1950	–	100	51.4
1945	–	100	43.5
1940	–	100	40
1935	–	100	38.2
1930	–	100	36.4
1925	–	100	33
1920	–	100	30.5
1915	–	100	29.2
1910	–	100	28.1
1905	–	100	25.1
1900	–	91.3	23.3
1895	–	82.6	21.8
1890	–	73.9	20
1885	–	65.2	19
1880	–	56.4	17.2
1875	–	47.7	15.7
1870	–	39	13.2
1865	–	35.4	10.6
1860	–	31.9	9.3
1855	–	28.3	8
1850	–	24.7	6.8
1845	–	22.5	5.9
1840	–	20.4	5.2
1835	–	18.5	4.5
1830	–	16.8	4
1825	–	15.1	3.5
1820	–	13.6	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

Saudi Arabia vs United Kingdom

Health

People

Economy

Education

Learning-adjusted schoolingSaudi Arabia: 7.9 years in 2020United Kingdom: 11.5 years in 2020

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsSaudi Arabia: 31 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022