Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2
Costa Rica
1.78 WPIA
in 2023
Ecuador
1.88 WPIA
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
5th
Ecuador rank
2nd
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 over time
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1.88 WPIA against 1.78 WPIA in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1 WPIA.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Ecuador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 2nd of 30 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Ecuador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.81 WPIA | 1.71 WPIA | 0.093 WPIA | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.79 WPIA | 1.79 WPIA | 0.0045 WPIA | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.69 WPIA | 1.86 WPIA | 0.1645 WPIA | Ecuador |
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 Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 1.88 WPIA against 1.78 WPIA in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 0.1 WPIA, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 2nd of 30 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 wealth parity index (household survey data) (WPIA). 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