Out of all the Boys that become a Boy Scout less than five percent of the scouts become Eagle Scouts.

Numbers by year:* Save

1991 - 28,016 1992 - 31,791 1993 - 32,534 1994 - 37,512 1995 - 30,240 1996 - 37,715 1997 - 40,296 1998 - 41,167 1999 - 47,582 2000 - 40,029 2001 - 43,665 2002 - 49,328 2003 - 49,151 2004 - 50,377 2005 - 49,895 2006 - 51,728

* For years 1997 to 2006 the number of Eagle Scouts were obtained through the official Boy Scout 'Year in Review' webpage. It is unknown where the numbers before 1997 were obtained from and their accuracy is also unknown.