Cuba vs United States: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 97.5% in Cuba in 2018 and 94.6% in United States in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cuba, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in United States.

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

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What the numbers say

Cuba has been higher since 2017, when it overtook United States.
In 2012, Cuba ranked 16 and United States ranked 38 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.

Every year

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

Year	Cuba	United States	World
2018	97.5	–	88.2
2017	95.4	94.6	88.2
2016	94.4	94.9	88.3
2015	93.9	94.3	88.2
2014	95.1	93.6	88.3
2013	97.6	92.7	88.2
2012	97.7	92.6	88.2
2011	98.3	93.1	88.1
2010	98.2	93.5	87.9
2009	97.5	–	87.9
2008	95.9	–	87.6
2007	96	–	87.2
2006	96.1	–	86
2005	96.5	95.4	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	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	94	75.8
1975	100	94	72.9
1970	100	95.9	69
1965	100	95.9	66
1960	88.8	95.9	63.1
1955	77.7	100	57.4
1950	72.8	100	51.4
1945	71.4	96.1	43.5
1940	69.9	97.4	40
1935	68.4	98.2	38.2
1930	67	99.1	36.4
1925	65.5	100	33
1920	64	100	30.5
1915	62.6	100	29.2
1910	53.1	100	28.1
1905	43.6	100	25.1
1900	37.5	100	23.3
1895	31.3	100	21.8
1890	25.2	100	20
1885	19.1	100	19
1880	13	100	17.2
1875	10.4	100	15.7
1870	8.2	100	13.2
1865	6.5	96.7	10.6
1860	5.1	93.3	9.3
1855	4	88	8
1850	3.1	75.9	6.8
1845	2.4	68.9	5.9
1840	1.9	62	5.2
1835	1.4	55	4.5
1830	1.1	49	4
1825	0.9	42.9	3.5
1820	0.7	41.6	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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