Costa Rica vs India: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0897 units per person
in 2024
India
0.0862 units per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
111th
India rank
114th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • India
00.050.10.150.2197019972025

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0897 units per person against 0.0862 units per person in India, a difference of 0.0035 units per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 111th and India ranks 114th of 206 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica India Difference Ahead
1970s 0.174 units per person 0.1046 units per person 0.0694 units per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.1367 units per person 0.1081 units per person 0.0286 units per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.1428 units per person 0.1117 units per person 0.0311 units per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.1288 units per person 0.1103 units per person 0.0185 units per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.1021 units per person 0.0984 units per person 0.0037 units per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.0943 units per person 0.0904 units per person 0.004 units per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Costa Rica or India?
Costa Rica, at 0.0897 units per person against 0.0862 units per person in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Costa Rica and India?
0.0035 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and India?
50 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and India rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 111th and India ranks 114th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs India: Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-pupils-per-capita/costa-rica/india/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-pupils-per-capita/costa-rica/india/">Costa Rica vs India: Primary education, pupils, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.