Costa Rica vs Mauritania: School age population, tertiary education, female

Costa Rica
188,239 number
in 2019
Mauritania
200,354 number
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
113th
Mauritania rank
110th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Mauritania
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k197019942019

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 200,354 number against 188,239 number in Costa Rica, a difference of 12,115 number.

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

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

Costa Rica ranks 113th and Mauritania ranks 110th of 203 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Mauritania Difference Ahead
1970s 107,248 number 54,345 number 52,903 number Costa Rica
1980s 141,072 number 82,493 number 58,579 number Costa Rica
1990s 152,291 number 109,227 number 43,064 number Costa Rica
2000s 199,884 number 144,151 number 55,733 number Costa Rica
2010s 200,959 number 181,408 number 19,552 number Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Costa Rica or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 200,354 number against 188,239 number in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Costa Rica and Mauritania?
12,115 number, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mauritania?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Mauritania rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?
Costa Rica ranks 113th and Mauritania ranks 110th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary 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, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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