Costa Rica vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Costa Rica
1.03 GPI
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9593 GPI
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
30th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
33rd

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9593 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0707 GPI.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 30th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.01 GPI 0.6009 GPI 0.4113 GPI Costa Rica
1980s 1 GPI 0.7321 GPI 0.2685 GPI Costa Rica
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.8316 GPI 0.1765 GPI Costa Rica
2000s 1 GPI 0.911 GPI 0.0922 GPI Costa Rica
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9467 GPI 0.0736 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9593 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0707 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd 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

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.