Switzerland vs United Kingdom: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 93.6% in Switzerland in 2012 and 99.4% in United Kingdom in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2012 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 4.8 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Switzerland.

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

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 1965.
In 2012, Switzerland ranked 31 and United Kingdom ranked 9 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2012.

Every year

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

Year	Switzerland	United Kingdom	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	99.4	88.2
2016	–	99.6	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	99.6	88.2
2012	93.6	98.3	88.2
2011	93.7	98.2	88.1
2010	93.8	98	87.9
2009	93.9	97.8	87.9
2008	93.8	98.6	87.6
2007	93.2	96.8	87.2
2006	93.2	98.7	86
2005	93.6	–	85.4
2004	94.8	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	91	–	77.9
1995	89	–	78
1994	83.7	–	78.3
1993	84.4	–	78
1992	85	96.8	77.7
1991	84.9	98.4	77.8
1990	84.1	–	77.3
1989	82.3	–	77.6
1988	80.5	99.9	76.6
1987	78.7	98.2	75.8
1986	77.4	95.3	75.3
1985	77	93.7	74
1980	94.9	97	75.8
1975	85.6	98	72.9
1970	79.1	98	69
1965	81	100	66
1960	100	100	63.1
1955	87.2	100	57.4
1950	83.7	100	51.4
1945	83.9	100	43.5
1940	84.2	100	40
1935	84.4	100	38.2
1930	84.6	100	36.4
1925	84.9	100	33
1920	85.1	100	30.5
1915	85.4	100	29.2
1910	85.6	100	28.1
1905	100	100	25.1
1900	100	91.3	23.3
1895	100	82.6	21.8
1890	100	73.9	20
1885	96.1	65.2	19
1880	92.2	56.4	17.2
1875	89.6	47.7	15.7
1870	87	39	13.2
1865	84.4	35.4	10.6
1860	81.8	31.9	9.3
1855	79.2	28.3	8
1850	76.6	24.7	6.8
1845	74	22.5	5.9
1840	71.5	20.4	5.2
1835	68.9	18.5	4.5
1830	66.3	16.8	4
1825	63.2	15.1	3.5
1820	59.9	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.

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Learning-adjusted schoolingSwitzerland: 10.9 years in 2020United Kingdom: 11.5 years in 2020

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Deaths in conflictsSwitzerland: 0 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022