Costa Rica vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male

Costa Rica
132.3%
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
102.8%
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
9th
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
8th

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 132.3% against 102.8% in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 29.5%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 9th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 182 countries.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 39.3% 82.5% 43.1% Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s 55.1% 86.8% 31.7% Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s 95.5% 97.0% 1.6% Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male, Costa Rica or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 132.3% against 102.8% in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male between Costa Rica and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
29.5%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male?
Costa Rica ranks 9th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 182 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 4,271 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total male enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the male population of official upper secondary education age.