Tanzania vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 82.9% in Tanzania in 2018 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Tanzania.

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

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Tanzania.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

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

Year	Tanzania	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	82.9	–	88.2
2017	85.2	–	88.2
2016	85.4	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	85.4	–	88.3
2013	85.4	86.8	88.2
2012	88.8	87.5	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	93.1	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	98.7	–	87.6
2007	–	87.1	87.2
2006	96.3	–	86
2005	90.3	–	85.4
2004	85.6	–	84.7
2003	80.9	–	83.5
2002	72.8	–	81.4
2001	58.4	–	81
2000	54.4	–	80.7
1999	50.9	–	79.9
1998	50.4	79.7	78.9
1997	50.8	82.5	78.1
1996	50.3	86.1	77.9
1995	50.2	88.8	78
1994	50.4	88.5	78.3
1993	51.4	90.1	78
1992	52	91.9	77.7
1991	52	95.9	77.8
1990	52.8	95.1	77.3
1989	53.5	90.8	77.6
1988	53.7	86.2	76.6
1987	55.6	83.3	75.8
1986	57.4	73.2	75.3
1985	58.6	72	74
1980	–	–	75.8
1975	–	–	72.9
1970	–	–	69
1965	–	–	66
1960	–	–	63.1
1955	–	–	57.4
1950	–	–	51.4
1945	–	–	43.5
1940	–	–	40
1935	–	–	38.2
1930	–	–	36.4
1925	–	–	33
1920	–	–	30.5
1915	–	–	29.2
1910	–	–	28.1
1905	–	–	25.1
1900	–	–	23.3
1895	–	–	21.8
1890	–	–	20
1885	–	–	19
1880	–	–	17.2
1875	–	–	15.7
1870	–	–	13.2
1865	–	–	10.6
1860	–	–	9.3
1855	–	–	8
1850	–	–	6.8
1845	–	–	5.9
1840	–	–	5.2
1835	–	–	4.5
1830	–	–	4
1825	–	–	3.5
1820	–	–	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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Tanzania vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsTanzania: 1 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022