Girls in primary school in Malawi

Girls in primary school in Malawi: 0% in 1820 and 97.1% in 2007, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2007: 97.1%
Since 1820: +97.1 percentage points
World, 2007: 87.2%

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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	Malawi	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	97.1	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	39	75.8
1975	33	72.9
1970	19.5	69
1965	24	66
1960	33.8	63.1
1955	40.1	57.4
1950	43.2	51.4
1945	33.7	43.5
1940	25.3	40
1935	18.4	38.2
1930	13	36.4
1925	8.9	33
1920	6.1	30.5
1915	4	29.2
1910	2.7	28.1
1905	1.7	25.1
1900	1.1	23.3
1895	0.7	21.8
1890	0.4	20
1885	0.3	19
1880	0.2	17.2
1875	0.1	15.7
1870	0.1	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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