Costa Rica vs Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index over time
- Costa Rica
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9782 GPI in Low & middle income, a difference of 0.0518 GPI.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 48 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Low & middle income ranks 30th of 193 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 GPI | 0.7632 GPI | 0.249 GPI | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1 GPI | 0.8057 GPI | 0.1949 GPI | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPI | 0.8655 GPI | 0.1426 GPI | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1 GPI | 0.9282 GPI | 0.075 GPI | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9786 GPI | 0.0418 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 Low & middle income?
- Costa Rica, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9782 GPI in Low & middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and Low & middle income?
- 0.0518 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Low & middle income?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Low & middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Low & middle income ranks 30th 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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About this data
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.