Costa Rica vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)

Costa Rica
2.17 % change on previous year
in 2019
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2.31 % change on previous year
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
97th
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
98th

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) over time

  • Costa Rica
  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
-30-20-1001020197119972024

How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) currently reports 2.31 % change on previous year against 2.17 % change on previous year in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.14 % change on previous year.

That makes ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 97th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 98th of 189 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Difference Ahead
1970s 11.49 % change on previous year -6.21 % change on previous year 17.7 % change on previous year Costa Rica
1980s 3.08 % change on previous year 5.36 % change on previous year 2.28 % change on previous year ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1990s 5.84 % change on previous year 0.6239 % change on previous year 5.21 % change on previous year Costa Rica
2010s 1.67 % change on previous year 3.99 % change on previous year 2.32 % change on previous year ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), Costa Rica or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), at 2.31 % change on previous year against 2.17 % change on previous year in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) between Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
0.14 % change on previous year, with ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
25 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)?
Costa Rica ranks 97th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 98th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
410 places, 17,230 data points, 1971–2025
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The year-on-year percentage change in Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.