Girls in primary school in Mexico

Girls in primary school in Mexico: 0.7% in 1820 and 96.4% in 1998, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 1998: 96.4%
Since 1820: +95.7 percentage points
World, 1998: 78.9%

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

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

Year	Mexico	World
2018	–	88.2
2017	–	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	–	85.4
2004	–	84.7
2003	–	83.5
2002	–	81.4
2001	–	81
2000	–	80.7
1999	–	79.9
1998	96.4	78.9
1997	95.8	78.1
1996	–	77.9
1995	–	78
1994	–	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	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

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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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