What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Costa Rica and Mauritania?

9,612 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.

Where does this data come from?

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

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

Costa Rica

196,350 number

in 2019

Mauritania

205,962 number

in 2019

Costa Rica rank

113th

Mauritania rank

111th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Costa Rica
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 205,962 number against 196,350 number in Costa Rica, a difference of 9,612 number.

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 111th 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	110,603 number	53,859 number	56,744 number	Costa Rica
1980s	144,792 number	83,882 number	60,911 number	Costa Rica
1990s	156,551 number	110,640 number	45,911 number	Costa Rica
2000s	207,291 number	148,065 number	59,226 number	Costa Rica
2010s	209,303 number	186,689 number	22,614 number	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Costa Rica or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 205,962 number against 196,350 number in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Costa Rica and Mauritania?: 9,612 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, male?: Costa Rica ranks 113th and Mauritania ranks 111th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (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, male (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: 04 September 2026

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