Costa Rica vs Upper middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female over time
- Costa Rica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 13.95 years against 11.66 years in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.29 years.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 14th and Upper middle income ranks 13th of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.61 years | 8.07 years | 0.5438 years | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 8.34 years | 8.53 years | 0.1812 years | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 8.87 years | 9.29 years | 0.4293 years | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 10.77 years | 10.56 years | 0.21 years | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 12.72 years | 11.42 years | 1.3 years | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female, Costa Rica or Upper middle income?
- Costa Rica, at 13.95 years against 11.66 years in Upper middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female between Costa Rica and Upper middle income?
- 2.29 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Upper middle income?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Upper middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 14th and Upper middle income ranks 13th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.