Girls in primary school in Benin

Girls in primary school in Benin: 0% in 1820 and 83.6% in 2008, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2008: 83.6%
Since 1820: +83.6 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	Benin	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	83.6	87.6
2007	–	87.2
2006	76.7	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	47.6	78.1
1996	43.9	77.9
1995	41.3	78
1994	38.7	78.3
1993	36.3	78
1992	33	77.7
1991	–	77.8
1990	27.1	77.3
1989	33.2	77.6
1988	32.8	76.6
1987	–	75.8
1986	33	75.3
1985	34	74
1980	30.8	75.8
1975	26.1	72.9
1970	19.8	69
1965	16	66
1960	11.4	63.1
1955	7.6	57.4
1950	6	51.4
1945	4.6	43.5
1940	3.6	40
1935	2.8	38.2
1930	2.1	36.4
1925	1.7	33
1920	1.3	30.5
1915	1	29.2
1910	0.8	28.1
1905	0.6	25.1
1900	0.4	23.3
1895	0.3	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	0.1	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

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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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