South Africa vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 86.7% in South Africa in 2017 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1998 the value was higher in South Africa, by 7 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

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

South AfricaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 1994, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 78.9% in 1998.

Every year

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

Year	South Africa	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	86.7	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	86.8	88.2
2012	–	87.5	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	87.1	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	88.9	–	85.4
2004	89.3	–	84.7
2003	89.7	–	83.5
2002	88.3	–	81.4
2001	87.6	–	81
2000	86.3	–	80.7
1999	88	–	79.9
1998	86.7	79.7	78.9
1997	–	82.5	78.1
1996	–	86.1	77.9
1995	90.9	88.8	78
1994	90.2	88.5	78.3
1993	–	90.1	78
1992	–	91.9	77.7
1991	89	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	88	–	75.8
1975	88	–	72.9
1970	88	–	69
1965	78.2	–	66
1960	75.6	–	63.1
1955	68.4	–	57.4
1950	61.3	–	51.4
1945	54.2	–	43.5
1940	47.1	–	40
1935	39.9	–	38.2
1930	32.8	–	36.4
1925	25.7	–	33
1920	18.6	–	30.5
1915	11.4	–	29.2
1910	4.3	–	28.1
1905	1.7	–	25.1
1900	1.5	–	23.3
1895	1.3	–	21.8
1890	1	–	20
1885	0.8	–	19
1880	0.6	–	17.2
1875	0.4	–	15.7
1870	0.3	–	13.2
1865	0.3	–	10.6
1860	0.2	–	9.3
1855	0.1	–	8
1850	0.1	–	6.8
1845	0.1	–	5.9
1840	0.1	–	5.2
1835	0.1	–	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 conflictsSouth Africa: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022