Argentina vs Cuba: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 96% in Argentina in 1991 and 97.5% in Cuba in 2018, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1991 the value was higher in Argentina, by 4.3 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Cuba.

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

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Cuba.
The world as a whole: 77.8% in 1991.

Every year

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

Year	Argentina	Cuba	World
2018	–	97.5	88.2
2017	–	95.4	88.2
2016	–	94.4	88.3
2015	–	93.9	88.2
2014	–	95.1	88.3
2013	–	97.6	88.2
2012	–	97.7	88.2
2011	–	98.3	88.1
2010	–	98.2	87.9
2009	–	97.5	87.9
2008	–	95.9	87.6
2007	–	96	87.2
2006	–	96.1	86
2005	–	96.5	85.4
2004	–	97	84.7
2003	–	97	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	97.3	80.7
1999	–	97.2	79.9
1998	–	96.4	78.9
1997	–	98.2	78.1
1996	–	98.6	77.9
1995	–	97.1	78
1994	–	97.3	78.3
1993	–	95	78
1992	–	94.2	77.7
1991	96	91.7	77.8
1990	–	91.9	77.3
1989	–	91.7	77.6
1988	–	91.4	76.6
1987	–	91.7	75.8
1986	–	90.3	75.3
1985	–	90.1	74
1980	94.3	97	75.8
1975	97	100	72.9
1970	97	100	69
1965	93	100	66
1960	90	88.8	63.1
1955	86.5	77.7	57.4
1950	79.2	72.8	51.4
1945	74.8	71.4	43.5
1940	70.4	69.9	40
1935	66	68.4	38.2
1930	61.6	67	36.4
1925	57.2	65.5	33
1920	52.8	64	30.5
1915	48.4	62.6	29.2
1910	44	53.1	28.1
1905	39.6	43.6	25.1
1900	35.2	37.5	23.3
1895	30.8	31.3	21.8
1890	25.8	25.2	20
1885	20.7	19.1	19
1880	20.4	13	17.2
1875	20.1	10.4	15.7
1870	19.8	8.2	13.2
1865	16	6.5	10.6
1860	12.8	5.1	9.3
1855	10.2	4	8
1850	8.1	3.1	6.8
1845	6.3	2.4	5.9
1840	5	1.9	5.2
1835	3.9	1.4	4.5
1830	3	1.1	4
1825	2.4	0.9	3.5
1820	1.8	0.7	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.
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.

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