Girls in primary school in Canada

Girls in primary school in Canada: 36.4% in 1820 and 99% in 1998, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 1998: 99%
Since 1820: +62.5 percentage points
World, 1998: 78.9%

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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	Canada	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	–	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	99	78.9
1997	–	78.1
1996	95	77.9
1995	94.1	78
1994	94.9	78.3
1993	95.9	78
1992	97.9	77.7
1991	98.1	77.8
1990	96.1	77.3
1989	94.9	77.6
1988	95.3	76.6
1987	95.3	75.8
1986	95.2	75.3
1985	94.8	74
1980	93.2	75.8
1975	92.2	72.9
1970	93	69
1965	69	66
1960	72	63.1
1955	94.4	57.4
1950	91	51.4
1945	87.7	43.5
1940	84.3	40
1935	80.9	38.2
1930	77.6	36.4
1925	74.2	33
1920	70.9	30.5
1915	67.5	29.2
1910	67.1	28.1
1905	47.3	25.1
1900	42.1	23.3
1895	45.9	21.8
1890	62.3	20
1885	78.7	19
1880	76.2	17.2
1875	73.5	15.7
1870	70.5	13.2
1865	67.5	10.6
1860	64.2	9.3
1855	60.9	8
1850	57.4	6.8
1845	53.9	5.9
1840	50.3	5.2
1835	46.7	4.5
1830	43.2	4
1825	39.8	3.5
1820	36.4	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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