Costa Rica vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities over time
- Costa Rica
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 95.6% against 85.0% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 10.6%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2016 it was ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 82nd and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 81st of 106 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79.7% | 86.5% | 6.8% | ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) |
| 2020s | 95.6% | 86.8% | 8.9% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities, Costa Rica or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- Costa Rica, at 95.6% against 85.0% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2020.
- What is the difference in proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities between Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- 10.6%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2020.
- How do Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities?
- Costa Rica ranks 82nd and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 81st of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%). 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