Costa Rica vs ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking

Costa Rica
91.3%
in 2020
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
86.4%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
90th
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank
92nd

Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking over time

  • Costa Rica
  • ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 91.3% against 86.4% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), a difference of 4.9%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2016 it was ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 90th and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 92nd of 106 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) Difference Ahead
2010s 79.5% 83.9% 4.4% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2020s 91.3% 85.4% 5.9% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking, Costa Rica or ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
Costa Rica, at 91.3% against 86.4% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) as of 2020.
What is the difference in proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking between Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
4.9%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
5 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2020.
How do Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank globally for proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking?
Costa Rica ranks 90th and ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 92nd of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking water (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking water (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
282 places, 2,958 data points, 1999–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release