Cuba vs Mexico: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.5% in Cuba in 2018 and 96.4% in Mexico in 1998, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1998 the value was higher in Mexico, by 0 percentage points, or 1 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

Mexico has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Cuba.
The world as a whole: 78.9% in 1998.

Every year

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

Year	Cuba	Mexico	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	96.4	78.9
1997	98.2	95.8	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	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	97	92.1	75.8
1975	100	84.2	72.9
1970	100	81	69
1965	100	66	66
1960	88.8	55.2	63.1
1955	77.7	71.9	57.4
1950	72.8	61.5	51.4
1945	71.4	57.7	43.5
1940	69.9	54	40
1935	68.4	50.3	38.2
1930	67	46.6	36.4
1925	65.5	42.8	33
1920	64	39.1	30.5
1915	62.6	35.4	29.2
1910	53.1	31.7	28.1
1905	43.6	28	25.1
1900	37.5	27.1	23.3
1895	31.3	20.7	21.8
1890	25.2	17.2	20
1885	19.1	14	19
1880	13	11.4	17.2
1875	10.4	9.2	15.7
1870	8.2	7.4	13.2
1865	6.5	5.9	10.6
1860	5.1	4.7	9.3
1855	4	3.8	8
1850	3.1	3	6.8
1845	2.4	2.4	5.9
1840	1.9	1.9	5.2
1835	1.4	1.5	4.5
1830	1.1	1.2	4
1825	0.9	0.9	3.5
1820	0.7	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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