France vs Mexico: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 99.1% in France in 2016 and 96.4% in Mexico in 1998, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in France, by 4.2 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Mexico.

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

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What the numbers say

France 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	France	Mexico	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	99.1	–	88.3
2015	98.7	–	88.2
2014	97.9	–	88.3
2013	98.7	–	88.2
2012	98.8	–	88.2
2011	98.8	–	88.1
2010	97.5	–	87.9
2009	98	–	87.9
2008	98.3	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	95.5	–	84.7
2003	95.4	–	83.5
2002	95.6	–	81.4
2001	95.7	–	81
2000	95.7	–	80.7
1999	96	–	79.9
1998	–	96.4	78.9
1997	100	95.8	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	98.9	–	78
1994	97.7	–	78.3
1993	97.8	–	78
1992	99.2	–	77.7
1991	–	–	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	97.6	–	75.3
1985	95.1	–	74
1980	100	92.1	75.8
1975	94.8	84.2	72.9
1970	98	81	69
1965	98	66	66
1960	97	55.2	63.1
1955	100	71.9	57.4
1950	100	61.5	51.4
1945	100	57.7	43.5
1940	100	54	40
1935	100	50.3	38.2
1930	100	46.6	36.4
1925	100	42.8	33
1920	100	39.1	30.5
1915	100	35.4	29.2
1910	100	31.7	28.1
1905	100	28	25.1
1900	100	27.1	23.3
1895	100	20.7	21.8
1890	100	17.2	20
1885	100	14	19
1880	100	11.4	17.2
1875	100	9.2	15.7
1870	65	7.4	13.2
1865	29.9	5.9	10.6
1860	27.1	4.7	9.3
1855	24.6	3.8	8
1850	22.1	3	6.8
1845	19.9	2.4	5.9
1840	17.8	1.9	5.2
1835	16	1.5	4.5
1830	14.2	1.2	4
1825	12.7	0.9	3.5
1820	11.2	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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