Girls in primary school in Liberia

Girls in primary school in Liberia: 0% in 1820 and 44.4% in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2017: 44.4%
Since 1820: +44.4 percentage points
World, 2017: 88.2%

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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 50.7% in 1980, the lowest 0% in 1820.

Every year

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

Year	Liberia	World
2018	–	88.2
2017	44.4	88.2
2016	–	88.3
2015	–	88.2
2014	37.3	88.3
2013	–	88.2
2012	–	88.2
2011	–	88.1
2010	–	87.9
2009	–	87.9
2008	42.4	87.6
2007	–	87.2
2006	36.1	86
2005	–	85.4
2004	–	84.7
2003	–	83.5
2002	–	81.4
2001	–	81
2000	–	80.7
1999	42.1	79.9
1998	–	78.9
1997	–	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	–	75.8
1986	–	75.3
1985	–	74
1980	50.7	75.8
1975	35.6	72.9
1970	29.4	69
1965	20.5	66
1960	16	63.1
1955	8.5	57.4
1950	8.9	51.4
1945	6.9	43.5
1940	5.4	40
1935	4.1	38.2
1930	3.2	36.4
1925	2.4	33
1920	1.9	30.5
1915	1.4	29.2
1910	1.1	28.1
1905	0.8	25.1
1900	0.6	23.3
1895	0.5	21.8
1890	0.4	20
1885	0.3	19
1880	0.2	17.2
1875	0.2	15.7
1870	0.1	13.2
1865	0.1	10.6
1860	0.1	9.3
1855	0.1	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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