Syria vs Tunisia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 67% in Syria in 2013 and 98.6% in Tunisia in 2009, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Syria.

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

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What the numbers say

Tunisia has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 78.1% in 1997.

Every year

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

Year	Syria	Tunisia	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	67	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	98.6	87.9
2008	–	97.2	87.6
2007	–	97.2	87.2
2006	–	98.6	86
2005	–	100	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	97.4	81
2000	–	95	80.7
1999	–	93	79.9
1998	90.9	–	78.9
1997	92	92.9	78.1
1996	92.6	93.4	77.9
1995	–	94	78
1994	–	93.1	78.3
1993	–	92.6	78
1992	–	91.2	77.7
1991	–	90.3	77.8
1990	90.6	88.9	77.3
1989	91	88.9	77.6
1988	90.4	–	76.6
1987	90.3	–	75.8
1986	86.3	–	75.3
1985	83.9	84.7	74
1980	81	73	75.8
1975	72	62.6	72.9
1970	54	62	69
1965	46	50.4	66
1960	34.5	33.3	63.1
1955	33.4	18.7	57.4
1950	32.2	11.8	51.4
1945	25.6	8.9	43.5
1940	20	6.6	40
1935	15.4	4.9	38.2
1930	11.7	3.6	36.4
1925	8.7	2.6	33
1920	6.5	1.9	30.5
1915	4.8	1.4	29.2
1910	3.6	1	28.1
1905	2.6	0.7	25.1
1900	1.9	0.5	23.3
1895	1.4	0.4	21.8
1890	1	0.3	20
1885	0.7	0.2	19
1880	0.5	0.2	17.2
1875	0.4	0.1	15.7
1870	0.3	0.1	13.2
1865	0.2	0.1	10.6
1860	0.2	0	9.3
1855	0.1	0	8
1850	0.1	0	6.8
1845	0.1	0	5.9
1840	0	0	5.2
1835	0	0	4.5
1830	0	0	4
1825	0	0	3.5
1820	0	0	3.1

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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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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