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

Costa Rica
1.03 GPI
in 2019
New Zealand
1.03 GPI
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
30th
New Zealand rank
29th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 30th and New Zealand ranks 29th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica New Zealand Difference Ahead
1970s 1.01 GPI 0.9904 GPI 0.0217 GPI Costa Rica
1980s 1 GPI 0.9993 GPI 0.0013 GPI Costa Rica
1990s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0014 GPI Costa Rica
2000s 1 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.025 GPI New Zealand
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.0137 GPI New Zealand

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 New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 1.03 GPI against 1.03 GPI in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
0 GPI, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 30th and New Zealand ranks 29th 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.