United Arab Emirates vs United States: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013 and 94.6% in United States in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United States, by 5.9 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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 States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
In 2012, United Arab Emirates ranked 70 and United States ranked 38 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	United Arab Emirates	United States	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	94.6	88.2
2016	–	94.9	88.3
2015	–	94.3	88.2
2014	–	93.6	88.3
2013	86.8	92.7	88.2
2012	87.5	92.6	88.2
2011	–	93.1	88.1
2010	–	93.5	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	87.1	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	95.4	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	79.7	–	78.9
1997	82.5	–	78.1
1996	86.1	–	77.9
1995	88.8	–	78
1994	88.5	–	78.3
1993	90.1	–	78
1992	91.9	–	77.7
1991	95.9	–	77.8
1990	95.1	–	77.3
1989	90.8	–	77.6
1988	86.2	–	76.6
1987	83.3	–	75.8
1986	73.2	–	75.3
1985	72	–	74
1980	–	94	75.8
1975	–	94	72.9
1970	–	95.9	69
1965	–	95.9	66
1960	–	95.9	63.1
1955	–	100	57.4
1950	–	100	51.4
1945	–	96.1	43.5
1940	–	97.4	40
1935	–	98.2	38.2
1930	–	99.1	36.4
1925	–	100	33
1920	–	100	30.5
1915	–	100	29.2
1910	–	100	28.1
1905	–	100	25.1
1900	–	100	23.3
1895	–	100	21.8
1890	–	100	20
1885	–	100	19
1880	–	100	17.2
1875	–	100	15.7
1870	–	100	13.2
1865	–	96.7	10.6
1860	–	93.3	9.3
1855	–	88	8
1850	–	75.9	6.8
1845	–	68.9	5.9
1840	–	62	5.2
1835	–	55	4.5
1830	–	49	4
1825	–	42.9	3.5
1820	–	41.6	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

United Arab Emirates vs United States

Health

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Education

Learning-adjusted schoolingUnited Arab Emirates: 9.6 years in 2020United States: 10.6 years in 2020

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022United States: 1 deaths in 2022