Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.6% in Tunisia in 2009 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 10.1 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

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

TunisiaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Tunisia has been higher since 1993, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 87.2% in 2007.

Every year

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

Year	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	86.8	88.2
2012	–	87.5	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	98.6	–	87.9
2008	97.2	–	87.6
2007	97.2	87.1	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	–	79.7	78.9
1997	92.9	82.5	78.1
1996	93.4	86.1	77.9
1995	94	88.8	78
1994	93.1	88.5	78.3
1993	92.6	90.1	78
1992	91.2	91.9	77.7
1991	90.3	95.9	77.8
1990	88.9	95.1	77.3
1989	88.9	90.8	77.6
1988	–	86.2	76.6
1987	–	83.3	75.8
1986	–	73.2	75.3
1985	84.7	72	74
1980	73	–	75.8
1975	62.6	–	72.9
1970	62	–	69
1965	50.4	–	66
1960	33.3	–	63.1
1955	18.7	–	57.4
1950	11.8	–	51.4
1945	8.9	–	43.5
1940	6.6	–	40
1935	4.9	–	38.2
1930	3.6	–	36.4
1925	2.6	–	33
1920	1.9	–	30.5
1915	1.4	–	29.2
1910	1	–	28.1
1905	0.7	–	25.1
1900	0.5	–	23.3
1895	0.4	–	21.8
1890	0.3	–	20
1885	0.2	–	19
1880	0.2	–	17.2
1875	0.1	–	15.7
1870	0.1	–	13.2
1865	0.1	–	10.6
1860	0	–	9.3
1855	0	–	8
1850	0	–	6.8
1845	0	–	5.9
1840	0	–	5.2
1835	0	–	4.5
1830	0	–	4
1825	0	–	3.5
1820	0	–	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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Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsTunisia: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022