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

Costa Rica
1.22 GPI
in 2019
Spain
1.2 GPI
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
84th
Spain rank
86th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Spain
0.40.60.811.21.4197019942019

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.22 GPI against 1.2 GPI in Spain, a difference of 0.02 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 84th and Spain ranks 86th of 177 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8184 GPI 0.3874 GPI 0.431 GPI Costa Rica
2000s 1.23 GPI 1.25 GPI 0.0212 GPI Spain
2010s 1.25 GPI 1.21 GPI 0.0384 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, Costa Rica or Spain?
Costa Rica, at 1.22 GPI against 1.2 GPI in Spain as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and Spain?
0.02 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 84th and Spain ranks 86th 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.