Girls in primary school in Zimbabwe

Girls in primary school in Zimbabwe: 0% in 1820 and 89.4% in 2003, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2003: 89.4%
Since 1820: +89.4 percentage points
World, 2003: 83.5%

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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 92.6% in 2001, the lowest 0% in 1820.

Every year

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

Year	Zimbabwe	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	89.4	83.5
2002	89.9	81.4
2001	92.6	81
2000	89	80.7
1999	87.5	79.9
1998	85.6	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	44.5	75.8
1975	52.3	72.9
1970	51.6	69
1965	72.7	66
1960	68	63.1
1955	89.6	57.4
1950	75.4	51.4
1945	67.2	43.5
1940	59	40
1935	50.8	38.2
1930	42.5	36.4
1925	34.3	33
1920	26.1	30.5
1915	17.8	29.2
1910	9.6	28.1
1905	5.2	25.1
1900	2.4	23.3
1895	0.8	21.8
1890	0	20
1885	0	19
1880	0	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

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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