Costa Rica vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Costa Rica
1.03 GPI
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
0.9845 GPI
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
30th
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
28th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9845 GPI in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0455 GPI.

Across all 27 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 30th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 193 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.9664 GPI 0.0443 GPI Costa Rica
2000s 1 GPI 0.9601 GPI 0.0431 GPI Costa Rica
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9846 GPI 0.0358 GPI Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Costa Rica or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9845 GPI in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
0.0455 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
27 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.