Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region
Costa Rica
19,701 children
in 2024
Kuwait
21,183 children
in 2016
Costa Rica rank
91st
Kuwait rank
88th
Primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region over time
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 21,183 children against 19,701 children in Costa Rica, a difference of 1,482 children.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 91st and Kuwait ranks 88th of 196 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 21,183 children against 19,701 children in Costa Rica as of 2016.
- What is the difference in primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 1,482 children, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2016.
- How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region?
- Costa Rica ranks 91st and Kuwait ranks 88th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary-school-age children who are out of school by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Children in the official primary school age range who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary education.