Girls in primary school in Burkina Faso

Girls in primary school in Burkina Faso: 16% in 1985 and 77.7% in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2018: 77.7%
Since 1985: +61.7 percentage points
Rank, 2012: 90 of 97; counting from the highest
World, 2018: 88.2%

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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	Burkina Faso	World
2018	77.7	88.2
2017	75.5	88.2
2016	74.1	88.3
2015	68.1	88.2
2014	66.5	88.3
2013	65.3	88.2
2012	64	88.2
2011	62.8	88.1
2010	57.4	87.9
2009	58.9	87.9
2008	55.5	87.6
2007	49.1	87.2
2006	43.7	86
2005	40.5	85.4
2004	35.9	84.7
2003	33	83.5
2002	31.1	81.4
2001	31.1	81
2000	30	80.7
1999	29	79.9
1998	28.3	78.9
1997	–	78.1
1996	–	77.9
1995	24.9	78
1994	23.7	78.3
1993	22.7	78
1992	21.8	77.7
1991	21.4	77.8
1990	–	77.3
1989	19.7	77.6
1988	19.3	76.6
1987	18.8	75.8
1986	17.7	75.3
1985	16	74
1980	–	75.8
1975	–	72.9
1970	–	69
1965	–	66
1960	–	63.1
1955	–	57.4
1950	–	51.4
1945	–	43.5
1940	–	40
1935	–	38.2
1930	–	36.4
1925	–	33
1920	–	30.5
1915	–	29.2
1910	–	28.1
1905	–	25.1
1900	–	23.3
1895	–	21.8
1890	–	20
1885	–	19
1880	–	17.2
1875	–	15.7
1870	–	13.2
1865	–	10.6
1860	–	9.3
1855	–	8
1850	–	6.8
1845	–	5.9
1840	–	5.2
1835	–	4.5
1830	–	4
1825	–	3.5
1820	–	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.
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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