Costa Rica vs Malawi: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Costa Rica
0.8125 modelled data
in 2025
Malawi
0.8089 modelled data
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
141st
Malawi rank
142nd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Costa Rica
- Malawi
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8125 modelled data against 0.8089 modelled data in Malawi, a difference of 0.0036 modelled data.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 141st and Malawi ranks 142nd of 205 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9417 modelled data | 1.08 modelled data | 0.1386 modelled data | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.8129 modelled data | 1.03 modelled data | 0.2202 modelled data | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.814 modelled data | 0.8629 modelled data | 0.0489 modelled data | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Costa Rica or Malawi?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8125 modelled data against 0.8089 modelled data in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Costa Rica and Malawi?
- 0.0036 modelled data, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malawi?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Malawi rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Costa Rica ranks 141st and Malawi ranks 142nd of 205 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release