Hong Kong SAR China
Girls in primary school in Hong Kong SAR China
Girls in primary school in Hong Kong SAR China: 0% in 1820 and 94.2% in 1996, by Our World in Data estimates.
- Latest, 1996
- 94.2%
- Since 1820
- +94.2 percentage points
- World, 1996
- 77.9%
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- The highest was 96.5% in 1985, the lowest 0% in 1820.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | 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 | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 94.2 | 77.9 |
| 1995 | 95 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | 96.5 | 74 |
| 1980 | 96 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 91 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 87 | 69 |
| 1965 | 79 | 66 |
| 1960 | 56 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 32.9 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 38.8 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 29.4 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 21.5 | 40 |
| 1935 | 15.2 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 10.5 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1920 | 4.7 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 3.1 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 2 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.8 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0.5 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.3 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.2 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.1 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.1 | 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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