Brazil vs Chile: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 94.7% in Brazil in 2015 and 94.8% in Chile in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Brazil, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Chile.

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

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Chile.
In 2012, Brazil ranked 6 and Chile ranked 27 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2015.

Every year

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

Year	Brazil	Chile	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	94.8	88.2
2016	–	94.1	88.3
2015	94.7	93.5	88.2
2014	94.7	93.4	88.3
2013	93.9	93.7	88.2
2012	98.7	94.5	88.2
2011	94.6	94.8	88.1
2010	–	95.5	87.9
2009	96.3	94.2	87.9
2008	–	95.5	87.6
2007	92.7	95	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	92.1	–	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	77.6	97.9	75.8
1975	74	97	72.9
1970	67.2	88.8	69
1965	58.3	93.7	66
1960	81.8	84.7	63.1
1955	43.9	100	57.4
1950	37.2	93	51.4
1945	35.8	87.4	43.5
1940	34.3	81.8	40
1935	32.9	76.2	38.2
1930	30.4	70.6	36.4
1925	27.9	65	33
1920	25.4	59.4	30.5
1915	22.9	53.8	29.2
1910	20.4	48.2	28.1
1905	17.9	45.8	25.1
1900	15.5	36.1	23.3
1895	13	26.5	21.8
1890	10.5	21.1	20
1885	8	17.6	19
1880	5.5	16.2	17.2
1875	3	14.9	15.7
1870	0.5	13.5	13.2
1865	0.4	12.1	10.6
1860	0.3	8.8	9.3
1855	0.2	5.6	8
1850	0.2	4.7	6.8
1845	0.1	3.7	5.9
1840	0.1	3	5.2
1835	0.1	2.4	4.5
1830	0.1	1.9	4
1825	0.1	1.6	3.5
1820	0	1.2	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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