What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, female between Costa Rica and Puerto Rico?

3,731 number, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Puerto Rico?

43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2013.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Puerto Rico: School age population, pre-primary education, female

Costa Rica

69,902 number

in 2019

Puerto Rico

66,171 number

in 2013

Costa Rica rank

134th

Puerto Rico rank

136th

School age population, pre-primary education, female over time

Costa Rica
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 69,902 number against 66,171 number in Puerto Rico, a difference of 3,731 number.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 134th and Puerto Rico ranks 136th of 206 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Puerto Rico in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1970s	55,316 number	62,291 number	6,975 number	Puerto Rico
1980s	66,738 number	62,204 number	4,534 number	Costa Rica
1990s	77,199 number	57,410 number	19,789 number	Costa Rica
2000s	74,562 number	52,275 number	22,287 number	Costa Rica
2010s	68,628 number	50,563 number	18,065 number	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, pre-primary education, female, Costa Rica or Puerto Rico?: Costa Rica, at 69,902 number against 66,171 number in Puerto Rico as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, female between Costa Rica and Puerto Rico?: 3,731 number, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Puerto Rico?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2013.
How do Costa Rica and Puerto Rico rank globally for school age population, pre-primary education, female?: Costa Rica ranks 134th and Puerto Rico ranks 136th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, pre-primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.