Mexico vs United Arab Emirates: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school: 96.4% in Mexico in 1998 and 86.8% in United Arab Emirates in 2013, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1998 the value was higher in Mexico, by 16.8 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

% 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 1997.
The world as a whole: 78.9% in 1998.

Every year

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

Year	Mexico	United Arab Emirates	World
2018	–	–	88.2
2017	–	–	88.2
2016	–	–	88.3
2015	–	–	88.2
2014	–	–	88.3
2013	–	86.8	88.2
2012	–	87.5	88.2
2011	–	–	88.1
2010	–	–	87.9
2009	–	–	87.9
2008	–	–	87.6
2007	–	87.1	87.2
2006	–	–	86
2005	–	–	85.4
2004	–	–	84.7
2003	–	–	83.5
2002	–	–	81.4
2001	–	–	81
2000	–	–	80.7
1999	–	–	79.9
1998	96.4	79.7	78.9
1997	95.8	82.5	78.1
1996	–	86.1	77.9
1995	–	88.8	78
1994	–	88.5	78.3
1993	–	90.1	78
1992	–	91.9	77.7
1991	–	95.9	77.8
1990	–	95.1	77.3
1989	–	90.8	77.6
1988	–	86.2	76.6
1987	–	83.3	75.8
1986	–	73.2	75.3
1985	–	72	74
1980	92.1	–	75.8
1975	84.2	–	72.9
1970	81	–	69
1965	66	–	66
1960	55.2	–	63.1
1955	71.9	–	57.4
1950	61.5	–	51.4
1945	57.7	–	43.5
1940	54	–	40
1935	50.3	–	38.2
1930	46.6	–	36.4
1925	42.8	–	33
1920	39.1	–	30.5
1915	35.4	–	29.2
1910	31.7	–	28.1
1905	28	–	25.1
1900	27.1	–	23.3
1895	20.7	–	21.8
1890	17.2	–	20
1885	14	–	19
1880	11.4	–	17.2
1875	9.2	–	15.7
1870	7.4	–	13.2
1865	5.9	–	10.6
1860	4.7	–	9.3
1855	3.8	–	8
1850	3	–	6.8
1845	2.4	–	5.9
1840	1.9	–	5.2
1835	1.5	–	4.5
1830	1.2	–	4
1825	0.9	–	3.5
1820	0.7	–	3.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Mexico vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022