Mexico vs South Africa: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 96.4% in Mexico in 1998 and 86.7% in South Africa in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1998 the value was higher in Mexico, by 9.8 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in South Africa.

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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 1980, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 78.9% in 1998.

Every year

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

Year	Mexico	South Africa	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	86.7	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	–	88.2
2012	–	–	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	–	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	88.9	85.4
2004	–	89.3	84.7
2003	–	89.7	83.5
2002	–	88.3	81.4
2001	–	87.6	81
2000	–	86.3	80.7
1999	–	88	79.9
1998	96.4	86.7	78.9
1997	95.8	–	78.1
1996	–	–	77.9
1995	–	90.9	78
1994	–	90.2	78.3
1993	–	–	78
1992	–	–	77.7
1991	–	89	77.8
1990	–	–	77.3
1989	–	–	77.6
1988	–	–	76.6
1987	–	–	75.8
1986	–	–	75.3
1985	–	–	74
1980	92.1	88	75.8
1975	84.2	88	72.9
1970	81	88	69
1965	66	78.2	66
1960	55.2	75.6	63.1
1955	71.9	68.4	57.4
1950	61.5	61.3	51.4
1945	57.7	54.2	43.5
1940	54	47.1	40
1935	50.3	39.9	38.2
1930	46.6	32.8	36.4
1925	42.8	25.7	33
1920	39.1	18.6	30.5
1915	35.4	11.4	29.2
1910	31.7	4.3	28.1
1905	28	1.7	25.1
1900	27.1	1.5	23.3
1895	20.7	1.3	21.8
1890	17.2	1	20
1885	14	0.8	19
1880	11.4	0.6	17.2
1875	9.2	0.4	15.7
1870	7.4	0.3	13.2
1865	5.9	0.3	10.6
1860	4.7	0.2	9.3
1855	3.8	0.1	8
1850	3	0.1	6.8
1845	2.4	0.1	5.9
1840	1.9	0.1	5.2
1835	1.5	0.1	4.5
1830	1.2	0	4
1825	0.9	0	3.5
1820	0.7	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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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