Costa Rica vs Zambia: Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate

Costa Rica
4.14 % change on previous year
in 2018
Zambia
3.94 % change on previous year
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
48th
Zambia rank
50th

Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Zambia
-1001020197119942018

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 4.14 % change on previous year against 3.94 % change on previous year in Zambia, a difference of 0.2 % change on previous year.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 48th and Zambia ranks 50th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 8.17 % change on previous year 6.96 % change on previous year 1.21 % change on previous year Costa Rica
1980s -1.33 % change on previous year 6.51 % change on previous year 7.84 % change on previous year Zambia
1990s 11.38 % change on previous year 5.67 % change on previous year 5.71 % change on previous year Costa Rica
2000s 3.35 % change on previous year 15.08 % change on previous year 11.73 % change on previous year Zambia
2010s 0.3367 % change on previous year 1.32 % change on previous year 0.9856 % change on previous year Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate, Costa Rica or Zambia?
Costa Rica, at 4.14 % change on previous year against 3.94 % change on previous year in Zambia as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate between Costa Rica and Zambia?
0.2 % change on previous year, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate?
Costa Rica ranks 48th and Zambia ranks 50th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 8,557 data points, 1971–2019
Last refreshed

The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, general pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.