Girls in primary school in Bangladesh

Girls in primary school in Bangladesh: 0% in 1820 and 93.7% in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2008: 93.7%
Since 1820: +93.7 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	Bangladesh	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	93.7	87.6
2007	–	87.2
2006	–	86
2005	–	85.4
2004	–	84.7
2003	–	83.5
2002	–	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	–	77.7
1991	–	77.8
1990	69	77.3
1989	64.8	77.6
1988	64.6	76.6
1987	50.2	75.8
1986	51	75.3
1985	51.5	74
1980	43.7	75.8
1975	46	72.9
1970	32	69
1965	29.2	66
1960	24.5	63.1
1955	20.7	57.4
1950	16.9	51.4
1945	13.3	43.5
1940	10.3	40
1935	8	38.2
1930	6.1	36.4
1925	4.7	33
1920	3.5	30.5
1915	2.7	29.2
1910	2	28.1
1905	1.5	25.1
1900	1.2	23.3
1895	0.9	21.8
1890	0.7	20
1885	0.5	19
1880	0.4	17.2
1875	0.3	15.7
1870	0.2	13.2
1865	0.2	10.6
1860	0.1	9.3
1855	0.1	8
1850	0.1	6.8
1845	0.1	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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