Brazil vs Mexico
Brazil vs Mexico: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 94.7% in Brazil in 2015 and 96.4% in Mexico in 1998, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1980 the value was higher in Mexico, by 14.5 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Brazil.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 1965, when it overtook Brazil.
- The world as a whole: 75.8% in 1980.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Brazil | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 94.7 | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 94.7 | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 93.9 | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 98.7 | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 94.6 | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 96.3 | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 92.7 | – | 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 | – | 96.4 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | 95.8 | 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 | 92.1 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 74 | 84.2 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 67.2 | 81 | 69 |
| 1965 | 58.3 | 66 | 66 |
| 1960 | 81.8 | 55.2 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 43.9 | 71.9 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 37.2 | 61.5 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 35.8 | 57.7 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 34.3 | 54 | 40 |
| 1935 | 32.9 | 50.3 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 30.4 | 46.6 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 27.9 | 42.8 | 33 |
| 1920 | 25.4 | 39.1 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 22.9 | 35.4 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 20.4 | 31.7 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 17.9 | 28 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 15.5 | 27.1 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 13 | 20.7 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 10.5 | 17.2 | 20 |
| 1885 | 8 | 14 | 19 |
| 1880 | 5.5 | 11.4 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 3 | 9.2 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0.2 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
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
Brazil vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019