Girls in primary school in Djibouti

Girls in primary school in Djibouti: 21.6% in 1985 and 66.5% in 2019, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2019: 66.5%
Since 1985: +44.9 percentage points

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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	Djibouti	World
2019	66.5	–
2018	62.6	88.2
2017	62	88.2
2016	59.5	88.3
2015	63.1	88.2
2014	63	88.3
2013	61.1	88.2
2012	–	88.2
2011	60.3	88.1
2010	–	87.9
2009	48	87.9
2008	46.9	87.6
2007	39.6	87.2
2006	35.5	86
2005	32.4	85.4
2004	30.6	84.7
2003	–	83.5
2002	27.1	81.4
2001	25.6	81
2000	23.3	80.7
1999	22.6	79.9
1998	–	78.9
1997	23.5	78.1
1996	24.4	77.9
1995	24.9	78
1994	23.9	78.3
1993	23.1	78
1992	24.4	77.7
1991	–	77.8
1990	23.6	77.3
1989	22.8	77.6
1988	22.5	76.6
1987	22.4	75.8
1986	22.5	75.3
1985	21.6	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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