Ukraine vs United Kingdom: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 92.7% in Ukraine in 2014 and 99.4% in United Kingdom in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 5.3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Ukraine.

Watch it change on the map

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

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
In 2012, Ukraine ranked 30 and United Kingdom ranked 9 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.

Every year

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

Year	Ukraine	United Kingdom	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	99.4	88.2
2016	–	99.6	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	92.7	–	88.3
2013	94.3	99.6	88.2
2012	94	98.3	88.2
2011	93	98.2	88.1
2010	90.7	98	87.9
2009	88	97.8	87.9
2008	87.6	98.6	87.6
2007	87.6	96.8	87.2
2006	88.2	98.7	86
2005	89.4	–	85.4
2004	87.8	98.2	84.7
2003	88.6	–	83.5
2002	93.6	99.9	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	–	–	78.9
1997	–	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	–	–	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	96.8	77.7
1991	–	98.4	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	99.9	76.6
1987	–	98.2	75.8
1986	–	95.3	75.3
1985	–	93.7	74
1980	–	97	75.8
1975	–	98	72.9
1970	–	98	69
1965	–	100	66
1960	–	100	63.1
1955	–	100	57.4
1950	–	100	51.4
1945	–	100	43.5
1940	–	100	40
1935	–	100	38.2
1930	–	100	36.4
1925	–	100	33
1920	–	100	30.5
1915	–	100	29.2
1910	–	100	28.1
1905	–	100	25.1
1900	–	91.3	23.3
1895	–	82.6	21.8
1890	–	73.9	20
1885	–	65.2	19
1880	–	56.4	17.2
1875	–	47.7	15.7
1870	–	39	13.2
1865	–	35.4	10.6
1860	–	31.9	9.3
1855	–	28.3	8
1850	–	24.7	6.8
1845	–	22.5	5.9
1840	–	20.4	5.2
1835	–	18.5	4.5
1830	–	16.8	4
1825	–	15.1	3.5
1820	–	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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Ukraine vs United Kingdom

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Learning-adjusted schoolingUkraine: 9.9 years in 2020United Kingdom: 11.5 years in 2020

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Deaths in conflictsUkraine: 82,590 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022