Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2
Costa Rica
0.7183 GPIA
in 2023
Uruguay
0.7604 GPIA
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
37th
Uruguay rank
34th
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.7604 GPIA against 0.7183 GPIA in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0421 GPIA.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 37th and Uruguay ranks 34th of 42 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7878 GPIA | 0.6673 GPIA | 0.1205 GPIA | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.8023 GPIA | 0.661 GPIA | 0.1413 GPIA | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.7935 GPIA | 0.6858 GPIA | 0.1077 GPIA | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.7604 GPIA against 0.7183 GPIA in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 0.0421 GPIA, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Costa Rica ranks 37th and Uruguay ranks 34th of 42 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA). 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