Costa Rica vs Upper middle income: Primary education, teachers, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0084 units per person
in 2024
Upper middle income
0.0044 units per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
19th
Upper middle income rank
16th

Primary education, teachers, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0084 units per person against 0.0044 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.004 units per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.9 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 16th of 204 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Upper middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0062 units per person 0.0045 units per person 0.0017 units per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0043 units per person 0.0049 units per person 0.0006 units per person Upper middle income
1990s 0.0047 units per person 0.0046 units per person 0.0001 units per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0061 units per person 0.0045 units per person 0.0016 units per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0076 units per person 0.0043 units per person 0.0033 units per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.0085 units per person 0.0044 units per person 0.0041 units per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, teachers, per capita, Costa Rica or Upper middle income?
Costa Rica, at 0.0084 units per person against 0.0044 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, teachers, per capita between Costa Rica and Upper middle income?
0.004 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Upper middle income?
51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Upper middle income rank globally for primary education, teachers, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 16th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, teachers, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, teachers, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 9,469 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

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