Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2
Costa Rica
1.78 WPIA
in 2023
Paraguay
1.75 WPIA
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
5th
Paraguay rank
8th
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 over time
- Costa Rica
- Paraguay
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.78 WPIA against 1.75 WPIA in Paraguay, a difference of 0.03 WPIA.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Paraguay ranks 8th of 30 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8 WPIA | 1.75 WPIA | 0.0468 WPIA | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.79 WPIA | 1.79 WPIA | 0.0017 WPIA | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 1.69 WPIA | 1.77 WPIA | 0.0733 WPIA | Paraguay |
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 Paraguay?
- Costa Rica, at 1.78 WPIA against 1.75 WPIA in Paraguay as of 2023.
- What is the difference in proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 0.03 WPIA, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Paraguay ranks 8th 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