Egypt vs Mexico: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 98.8% in Egypt in 2012 and 96.4% in Mexico in 1998, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Mexico, by 11.6 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Egypt.

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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 in every year both have figures for since 1820.
The world as a whole: 78.1% in 1997.

Every year

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

Year	Egypt	Mexico	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	98.8	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	89.9	–	84.7
2003	88.2	–	83.5
2002	86.8	–	81.4
2001	85.5	–	81
2000	84.3	–	80.7
1999	84.3	–	79.9
1998	–	96.4	78.9
1997	84.2	95.8	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	–	78
1994	80.9	–	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	63	92.1	75.8
1975	57	84.2	72.9
1970	52	81	69
1965	56	66	66
1960	47	55.2	63.1
1955	30.7	71.9	57.4
1950	31.4	61.5	51.4
1945	27.9	57.7	43.5
1940	24.3	54	40
1935	20.8	50.3	38.2
1930	17.3	46.6	36.4
1925	13.8	42.8	33
1920	10.2	39.1	30.5
1915	6.7	35.4	29.2
1910	3.2	31.7	28.1
1905	2.2	28	25.1
1900	1.7	27.1	23.3
1895	1.2	20.7	21.8
1890	0.9	17.2	20
1885	0.7	14	19
1880	0.5	11.4	17.2
1875	0.4	9.2	15.7
1870	0.3	7.4	13.2
1865	0.2	5.9	10.6
1860	0.1	4.7	9.3
1855	0.1	3.8	8
1850	0.1	3	6.8
1845	0.1	2.4	5.9
1840	0	1.9	5.2
1835	0	1.5	4.5
1830	0	1.2	4
1825	0	0.9	3.5
1820	0	0.7	3.1

Each country on its own

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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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