Girls in primary school around the world

Girls in primary school, 2012: highest in Netherlands, at 99.1%, and lowest in Equatorial Guinea, at 46.8%, of 97 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2018.

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

#	Country	Latest	Year
1	Japan	100	1980
2	Malaysia	99.8	2014
3	Norway	99.8	2014
4	Iceland	99.4	2016
5	United Kingdom	99.4	2017
6	Malta	99.1	1997
7	France	99.1	2016
8	Netherlands	99.1	2017
9	Canada	99	1998
10	Belgium	98.9	2017
11	New Zealand	98.9	2016
12	Slovenia	98.8	2014
13	Egypt	98.8	2012
14	Finland	98.8	2017
15	Tunisia	98.6	2009
16	Denmark	98.5	2015
17	Greece	98.5	2017
18	Fiji	98.4	2015
19	Kiribati	98.4	1989
20	Georgia	98.2	2016
21	Brunei	98.1	1995
22	Sweden	98.1	2008
23	Cyprus	97.9	2017
24	Thailand	97.9	2009
25	Aruba	97.7	2009
26	Spain	97.6	2017
27	Cuba	97.5	2018
28	Iran	97.5	2012
29	Ireland	97.3	2011
30	Mauritius	97.2	2013
31	Portugal	97.2	2017
32	South Korea	97.2	2017
33	Malawi	97.1	2007
34	Taiwan	97	1980
35	Morocco	97	2017
36	Uganda	96.9	2013
37	Russia	96.8	2016
38	Latvia	96.8	2017
39	Australia	96.7	2017
40	Uruguay	96.6	2014
41	Mexico	96.4	1998
42	Maldives	96.4	2017
43	Macao SAR China	96.4	2018
44	Sri Lanka	96.4	2014
45	Costa Rica	96.3	2017
46	Oman	96.2	2011
47	Namibia	96.2	2012
48	Montenegro	96.1	2017
49	St. Lucia	96.1	2018
50	Ecuador	96.1	2008
51	Tajikistan	96	2016
52	Argentina	96	1991
53	Nicaragua	96	2010
54	Bahrain	95.9	2018
55	Barbados	95.7	2018
56	Poland	95.6	2017
57	Algeria	95.5	2008
58	Sierra Leone	95.5	2015
59	Italy	95.4	2017
60	Mongolia	95.2	2015
61	Lithuania	95.2	2003
62	Qatar	95.2	2018
63	Rwanda	95.1	2018
64	Luxembourg	95.1	2015
65	Palestinian Territories	95.1	2018
66	Belize	95	2013
67	North Macedonia	94.9	2017
68	Trinidad & Tobago	94.8	2010
69	Belarus	94.8	2018
70	Antigua & Barbuda	94.8	2017
71	Chile	94.8	2017
72	Brazil	94.7	2015
73	United States	94.6	2017
74	Serbia	94.6	2018
75	Saudi Arabia	94.4	2018
76	Estonia	94.2	2017
77	Hong Kong SAR China	94.2	1996
78	Burundi	94.1	2018
79	North Korea	94.1	2009
80	British Virgin Islands	94.1	2013
81	Albania	93.7	2013
82	Philippines	93.7	2017
83	Bangladesh	93.7	2008
84	Switzerland	93.6	2012
85	Lesotho	93.4	2017
86	Seychelles	93.3	2002
87	Uzbekistan	93.3	2014
88	Colombia	93.2	2018
89	French Polynesia	93.1	1985
90	Grenada	93.1	2005
91	Peru	93.1	2015
92	India	93	2013
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	93	2017
94	Timor-Leste	93	2018
95	Bolivia	92.7	2018
96	Dominican Republic	92.7	2018
97	Ukraine	92.7	2014
98	Cape Verde	92.6	2018
99	Mozambique	92.5	2018
100	Azerbaijan	92.3	2018
101	Congo - Brazzaville	91.7	2012
102	Germany	91.3	2016
103	Indonesia	91	2018
104	St. Kitts & Nevis	90.9	2008
105	Gabon	90.8	1997
106	Samoa	90.7	1999
107	Laos	90.7	2018
108	Bermuda	90.6	2012
109	Armenia	90.6	2018
110	Guyana	90.4	2010
111	Cambodia	90.2	2018
112	St. Vincent & Grenadines	90.2	2014
113	Liechtenstein	90.1	2014
114	Hungary	90.1	2017
115	Austria	89.7	2016
116	Czechia	89.5	2014
117	Zimbabwe	89.4	2003
118	Kazakhstan	89	2007
119	Kyrgyzstan	88.8	2012
120	Cameroon	88.7	2017
121	Bhutan	88.5	2018
122	Myanmar (Burma)	88.4	2010
123	China	88.4	1997
124	Togo	88.3	2018
125	Dominica	88.1	2009
126	Botswana	88.1	2014
127	Suriname	87.7	2018
128	Tonga	87.7	1999
129	Croatia	87.4	2011
130	Paraguay	87.3	2012
131	Venezuela	87.2	2017
132	Türkiye	87.2	2017
133	San Marino	87.2	2000
134	Guatemala	87	2018
135	Iraq	86.9	2007
136	Kuwait	86.9	2018
137	United Arab Emirates	86.8	2013
138	South Africa	86.7	2017
139	Côte d’Ivoire	86.6	2018
140	Ghana	86.6	2019
141	Bulgaria	86.3	2017
142	Moldova	86.2	2018
143	Panama	85.9	2017
144	Micronesia	85.7	2015
145	Zambia	84.9	2017
146	Slovakia	84.1	2017
147	Benin	83.6	2008
148	Tanzania	82.9	2018
149	Nauru	82.6	2012
150	Eswatini	82.4	2017
151	Romania	82	2017
152	Kenya	81.7	2012
153	Ethiopia	81.5	2015
154	El Salvador	81.4	2018
155	Jamaica	81.3	2018
156	Honduras	80.9	2017
157	Mauritania	80.9	2018
158	Comoros	80.7	2018
159	Libya	80.7	1980
160	Gambia	80.6	2018
161	Vanuatu	80.6	2015
162	Jordan	80.2	2018
163	Senegal	79.6	2017
164	Yemen	78.7	2016
165	Madagascar	77.8	2003
166	Burkina Faso	77.7	2018
167	Puerto Rico	76.8	2016
168	Bahamas	75.1	2018
169	Marshall Islands	74.8	2016
170	Nepal	74.8	2004
171	Tuvalu	72.4	2016
172	Papua New Guinea	71	2016
173	Guinea-Bissau	69.5	2010
174	Guinea	68.8	2016
175	Solomon Islands	67.8	2018
176	Angola	67.3	2011
177	Syria	67	2013
178	Djibouti	66.5	2019
179	Chad	64.1	2016
180	Pakistan	61.6	2018
181	Niger	60.2	2017
182	Central African Republic	59	2012
183	Sudan	58.9	2017
184	Nigeria	58.1	2010
185	Haiti	57.4	1997
186	Mali	55.8	2018
187	Eritrea	49	2018
188	Liberia	44.4	2017
189	Equatorial Guinea	44	2015
190	Congo - Kinshasa	35.9	1999
191	South Sudan	30.4	2015
192	Afghanistan	13.7	1993

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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 chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

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