Congo - Kinshasa

Girls in primary school in Congo - Kinshasa

Girls in primary school in Congo - Kinshasa: 0% in 1820 and 35.9% in 1999, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 1999: 35.9%
Since 1820: +35.9 percentage points
World, 1999: 79.9%

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

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What the numbers say

The highest was 62.1% in 1980, the lowest 0% in 1820.

Every year

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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	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	35.9	79.9
1998	–	78.9
1997	–	78.1
1996	–	77.9
1995	56	78
1994	52.7	78.3
1993	52.5	78
1992	53.1	77.7
1991	54.1	77.8
1990	–	77.3
1989	–	77.6
1988	56.5	76.6
1987	–	75.8
1986	–	75.3
1985	–	74
1980	62.1	75.8
1975	54.6	72.9
1970	50	69
1965	43.9	66
1960	28.8	63.1
1955	4.4	57.4
1950	4.1	51.4
1945	2.8	43.5
1940	1.8	40
1935	1.2	38.2
1930	0.8	36.4
1925	0.5	33
1920	0.3	30.5
1915	0.2	29.2
1910	0.1	28.1
1905	0.1	25.1
1900	0	23.3
1895	0	21.8
1890	0	20
1885	0	19
1880	0	17.2
1875	0	15.7
1870	0	13.2
1865	0	10.6
1860	0	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

Good to know

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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