China vs Costa Rica: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

China
1.22 GPI
in 2019
Costa Rica
1.22 GPI
in 2019
China rank
82nd
Costa Rica rank
84th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • China
  • Costa Rica
0.40.60.811.21.4197019942019

How they compare

China currently reports 1.22 GPI against 1.22 GPI in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Costa Rica ahead.

China ranks 82nd and Costa Rica ranks 84th of 177 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Costa Rica Difference Ahead
2000s 0.8852 GPI 1.23 GPI 0.3477 GPI Costa Rica
2010s 1.17 GPI 1.24 GPI 0.0714 GPI Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, China or Costa Rica?
China, at 1.22 GPI against 1.22 GPI in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between China and Costa Rica?
0 GPI, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Costa Rica?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2019.
How do China and Costa Rica rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
China ranks 82nd and Costa Rica ranks 84th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, 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, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 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.