Girls in primary school in Libya

Girls in primary school in Libya: 0% in 1820 and 80.7% in 1980, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 1980: 80.7%
Since 1820: +80.7 percentage points
World, 1980: 75.8%

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

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Every year

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

Year	Libya	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	–	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	80.7	75.8
1975	75.5	72.9
1970	70.3	69
1965	36.3	66
1960	19	63.1
1955	10.1	57.4
1950	3.3	51.4
1945	2.5	43.5
1940	1.9	40
1935	1.4	38.2
1930	1	36.4
1925	0.8	33
1920	0.6	30.5
1915	0.4	29.2
1910	0.3	28.1
1905	0.2	25.1
1900	0.2	23.3
1895	0.1	21.8
1890	0.1	20
1885	0.1	19
1880	0.1	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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