Switzerland vs Tanzania

Switzerland vs Tanzania: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.6% in Switzerland in 2012 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2012 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 4.8 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Tanzania.

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

Switzerland vs Tanzania: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school: 93.6% in Switzerland in 2012 and 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2012 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 4.8 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2012.

Every year

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

YearSwitzerlandTanzaniaWorld
2018–82.988.2
2017–85.288.2
2016–85.488.3
2015––88.2
2014–85.488.3
2013–85.488.2
201293.688.888.2
201193.7–88.1
201093.893.187.9
200993.9–87.9
200893.898.787.6
200793.2–87.2
200693.296.386
200593.690.385.4
200494.885.684.7
2003–80.983.5
2002–72.881.4
2001–58.481
2000–54.480.7
1999–50.979.9
1998–50.478.9
1997–50.878.1
19969150.377.9
19958950.278
199483.750.478.3
199384.451.478
1992855277.7
199184.95277.8
199084.152.877.3
198982.353.577.6
198880.553.776.6
198778.755.675.8
198677.457.475.3
19857758.674
198094.9–75.8
197585.6–72.9
197079.1–69
196581–66
1960100–63.1
195587.2–57.4
195083.7–51.4
194583.9–43.5
194084.2–40
193584.4–38.2
193084.6–36.4
192584.9–33
192085.1–30.5
191585.4–29.2
191085.6–28.1
1905100–25.1
1900100–23.3
1895100–21.8
1890100–20
188596.1–19
188092.2–17.2
187589.6–15.7
187087–13.2
186584.4–10.6
186081.8–9.3
185579.2–8
185076.6–6.8
184574–5.9
184071.5–5.2
183568.9–4.5
183066.3–4
182563.2–3.5
182059.9–3.1

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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