Brazil vs South Korea: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 94.7% in Brazil in 2015 and 97.2% in South Korea in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in South Korea, by 3.3 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Brazil.

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

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Brazil.
In 2012, Brazil ranked 6 and South Korea ranked 11 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	South Korea	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	97.2	88.2
2016	–	96.8	88.3
2015	94.7	98	88.2
2014	94.7	95.9	88.3
2013	93.9	95.6	88.2
2012	98.7	98.1	88.2
2011	94.6	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	96.3	99.6	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	92.7	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	92.1	98	84.7
2003	–	98.5	83.5
2002	–	97.9	81.4
2001	–	98.4	81
2000	–	99.8	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	–	99.7	75.8
1986	–	98.6	75.3
1985	–	98.9	74
1980	77.6	100	75.8
1975	74	100	72.9
1970	67.2	94	69
1965	58.3	88.5	66
1960	81.8	90.4	63.1
1955	43.9	77.8	57.4
1950	37.2	43.4	51.4
1945	35.8	37.1	43.5
1940	34.3	30.7	40
1935	32.9	13.6	38.2
1930	30.4	8.1	36.4
1925	27.9	6.5	33
1920	25.4	1.6	30.5
1915	22.9	0.8	29.2
1910	20.4	0.4	28.1
1905	17.9	0.2	25.1
1900	15.5	0.1	23.3
1895	13	0.1	21.8
1890	10.5	0	20
1885	8	0	19
1880	5.5	0	17.2
1875	3	0	15.7
1870	0.5	0	13.2
1865	0.4	0	10.6
1860	0.3	0	9.3
1855	0.2	0	8
1850	0.2	0	6.8
1845	0.1	0	5.9
1840	0.1	0	5.2
1835	0.1	0	4.5
1830	0.1	0	4
1825	0.1	0	3.5
1820	0	0	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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