Girls in primary school in Costa Rica

Girls in primary school in Costa Rica: 2% in 1820 and 96.3% in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2017: 96.3%
Since 1820: +94.3 percentage points
World, 2017: 88.2%

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

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What the numbers say

The highest was 98.2% in 2016, the lowest 2% in 1820.

Every year

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

Year	Costa Rica	World
2018	–	88.2
2017	96.3	88.2
2016	98.2	88.3
2015	97.5	88.2
2014	97	88.3
2013	98	88.2
2012	–	88.2
2011	–	88.1
2010	–	87.9
2009	–	87.9
2008	–	87.6
2007	–	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	–	78.9
1997	–	78.1
1996	–	77.9
1995	–	78
1994	–	78.3
1993	–	78
1992	–	77.7
1991	87.6	77.8
1990	87	77.3
1989	86.9	77.6
1988	–	76.6
1987	86.7	75.8
1986	86.6	75.3
1985	85.6	74
1980	91	75.8
1975	92	72.9
1970	89	69
1965	83.8	66
1960	81	63.1
1955	87.6	57.4
1950	82.5	51.4
1945	77.4	43.5
1940	72.2	40
1935	67.1	38.2
1930	61.9	36.4
1925	56.8	33
1920	51.7	30.5
1915	46.5	29.2
1910	41.4	28.1
1905	34.6	25.1
1900	35	23.3
1895	35.4	21.8
1890	35.8	20
1885	36.2	19
1880	30.7	17.2
1875	25.7	15.7
1870	21.3	13.2
1865	17.5	10.6
1860	14.2	9.3
1855	11.5	8
1850	9.2	6.8
1845	7.3	5.9
1840	5.8	5.2
1835	4.6	4.5
1830	3.6	4
1825	2.5	3.5
1820	2	3.1

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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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