What is the difference in school age population, secondary education, female between Costa Rica and Ireland?

16,352 number, with Costa Rica ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

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

Costa Rica vs Ireland: School age population, secondary education, female

Costa Rica

173,849 number

in 2020

Ireland

157,497 number

in 2019

Costa Rica rank

125th

Ireland rank

128th

School age population, secondary education, female over time

Costa Rica
Ireland

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 173,849 number against 157,497 number in Ireland, a difference of 16,352 number.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ireland ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 125th and Ireland ranks 128th of 205 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1970s	130,020 number	145,000 number	14,980 number	Ireland
1980s	138,911 number	162,051 number	23,140 number	Ireland
1990s	172,980 number	169,574 number	3,406 number	Costa Rica
2000s	206,190 number	144,133 number	62,058 number	Costa Rica
2010s	186,095 number	146,954 number	39,141 number	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, secondary education, female, Costa Rica or Ireland?: Costa Rica, at 173,849 number against 157,497 number in Ireland as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, secondary education, female between Costa Rica and Ireland?: 16,352 number, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ireland?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Ireland rank globally for school age population, secondary education, female?: Costa Rica ranks 125th and Ireland ranks 128th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, secondary 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, secondary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 250 places, 12,261 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

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