Girls in primary school in Haiti

Girls in primary school in Haiti: 0% in 1820 and 57.4% in 1997, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 1997: 57.4%
Since 1820: +57.4 percentage points
World, 1997: 78.1%

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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	Haiti	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	–	78.9
1997	57.4	78.1
1996	–	77.9
1995	–	78
1994	–	78.3
1993	–	78
1992	–	77.7
1991	–	77.8
1990	–	77.3
1989	–	77.6
1988	–	76.6
1987	42.6	75.8
1986	50.3	75.3
1985	47.5	74
1980	33	75.8
1975	28.2	72.9
1970	22.9	69
1965	23.4	66
1960	18.1	63.1
1955	21.1	57.4
1950	24	51.4
1945	0	43.5
1940	0	40
1935	0	38.2
1930	0	36.4
1925	0	33
1920	0	30.5
1915	0	29.2
1910	0	28.1
1905	0	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

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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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