Girls in primary school in Algeria

Girls in primary school in Algeria: 0% in 1820 and 95.5% in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2008: 95.5%
Since 1820: +95.5 percentage points
World, 2008: 87.6%

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

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

Year	Algeria	World
2018	–	88.2
2017	–	88.2
2016	–	88.3
2015	–	88.2
2014	–	88.3
2013	–	88.2
2012	–	88.2
2011	–	88.1
2010	–	87.9
2009	–	87.9
2008	95.5	87.6
2007	94.3	87.2
2006	92	86
2005	91.9	85.4
2004	91.6	84.7
2003	91.1	83.5
2002	90.8	81.4
2001	89.6	81
2000	87.7	80.7
1999	86.6	79.9
1998	–	78.9
1997	84.3	78.1
1996	84.4	77.9
1995	84.4	78
1994	83.8	78.3
1993	83.3	78
1992	83.2	77.7
1991	81.6	77.8
1990	79.5	77.3
1989	78.7	77.6
1988	77.3	76.6
1987	75.8	75.8
1986	74.1	75.3
1985	72.3	74
1980	71	75.8
1975	64	72.9
1970	49.5	69
1965	45.2	66
1960	31.6	63.1
1955	18.8	57.4
1950	14.3	51.4
1945	10.9	43.5
1940	8.3	40
1935	6.2	38.2
1930	4.7	36.4
1925	3.5	33
1920	2.6	30.5
1915	1.9	29.2
1910	1.4	28.1
1905	1.1	25.1
1900	0.8	23.3
1895	0.6	21.8
1890	0.4	20
1885	0.3	19
1880	0.2	17.2
1875	0.2	15.7
1870	0.1	13.2
1865	0.1	10.6
1860	0.1	9.3
1855	0.1	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

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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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