Palestinian Territories
Girls in primary school in Palestinian Territories
Girls in primary school in Palestinian Territories: 88.3% in 1999 and 95.1% in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates.
- Latest, 2018
- 95.1%
- Since 1999
- +6.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2012
- 49 of 97
- counting from the highest
- World, 2018
- 88.2%
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- The highest was 95.2% in 2017, the lowest 79.3% in 2005.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Palestinian Territories | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 95.1 | 88.2 |
| 2017 | 95.2 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 94.3 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 93.7 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 93.7 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 93 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 91.2 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 87.3 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 86 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 85.1 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 83.7 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 79.8 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 80.3 | 86 |
| 2005 | 79.3 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 82.1 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 84.4 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | 85.4 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 85.8 | 81 |
| 2000 | 87.9 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 88.3 | 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 | – | 75.8 |
| 1975 | – | 72.9 |
| 1970 | – | 69 |
| 1965 | – | 66 |
| 1960 | – | 63.1 |
| 1955 | – | 57.4 |
| 1950 | – | 51.4 |
| 1945 | – | 43.5 |
| 1940 | – | 40 |
| 1935 | – | 38.2 |
| 1930 | – | 36.4 |
| 1925 | – | 33 |
| 1920 | – | 30.5 |
| 1915 | – | 29.2 |
| 1910 | – | 28.1 |
| 1905 | – | 25.1 |
| 1900 | – | 23.3 |
| 1895 | – | 21.8 |
| 1890 | – | 20 |
| 1885 | – | 19 |
| 1880 | – | 17.2 |
| 1875 | – | 15.7 |
| 1870 | – | 13.2 |
| 1865 | – | 10.6 |
| 1860 | – | 9.3 |
| 1855 | – | 8 |
| 1850 | – | 6.8 |
| 1845 | – | 5.9 |
| 1840 | – | 5.2 |
| 1835 | – | 4.5 |
| 1830 | – | 4 |
| 1825 | – | 3.5 |
| 1820 | – | 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.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Palestinian Territories in numbers
Every measure for Palestinian Territories on one page