Sudan vs Netherlands: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school in 2017: 58.9% in Sudan and 99.1% in Netherlands, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 40.2 percentage points, or 1.68 times that in Sudan.
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Watch it change on the map% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
Latest figures
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 58.9 2017 | — | 95 of 97 |
| Netherlands | 99.1 2017 | 99 | 1 of 97 |
| World | 88.2 2018 | 87.6 |
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
- In 2012, Sudan ranked 95 and Netherlands ranked 1 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Sudan | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | 58.9 | 99.1 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 62 | 97.8 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 59.1 | 96.9 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 58.7 | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 57.6 | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 56.5 | 99.1 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | 99 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | 98 | 86 |
| 2005 | – | 97.5 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 97.5 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | 98.2 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81 |
| 2000 | – | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | 99.4 | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | 99.1 | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 99 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 98.8 | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | 95.4 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 95.6 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 97 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | 97.8 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 97.8 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 97.2 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 95.5 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 93.5 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | 88.3 | 74 |
| 1980 | 43 | 94 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 33.7 | 92 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 28.4 | 94 | 69 |
| 1965 | 20.6 | 94.9 | 66 |
| 1960 | 13.7 | 95.8 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 5.7 | 86.7 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 7.3 | 88.9 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 5.7 | 88.7 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 4.5 | 88.4 | 40 |
| 1935 | 3.5 | 88.2 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 2.7 | 88 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 2.1 | 87.7 | 33 |
| 1920 | 1.7 | 87.5 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 1.3 | 87.2 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 1 | 87 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 0.8 | 86 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.6 | 90.8 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0.5 | 80.3 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.4 | 82 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.3 | 78 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.2 | 76.5 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.2 | 75.1 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.1 | 73.7 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.1 | 72.2 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.1 | 70.8 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.1 | 69.4 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0.1 | 67.9 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0 | 66.5 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 64.4 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 62.3 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 60.2 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 58 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 55.8 | 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