Costa Rica vs Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Costa Rica
1.03 GPI
in 2019
Malaysia
1.03 GPI
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
30th
Malaysia rank
32nd

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Malaysia
00.250.50.751197019942019

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.03 GPI against 1.03 GPI in Malaysia, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 30th and Malaysia ranks 32nd of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Malaysia Difference Ahead
1970s 1 GPI 0.8397 GPI 0.1626 GPI Costa Rica
1980s 1 GPI 0.9981 GPI 0.0035 GPI Costa Rica
1990s 1.01 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.0243 GPI Malaysia
2000s 1 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.0396 GPI Malaysia
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.0195 GPI Malaysia

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 Malaysia?
Costa Rica, at 1.03 GPI against 1.03 GPI in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and Malaysia?
0 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malaysia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Costa Rica and Malaysia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Malaysia ranks 32nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-and-secondary-gender-parity-index-gpi/costa-rica/malaysia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-and-secondary-gender-parity-index-gpi/costa-rica/malaysia/">Costa Rica vs Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.