Costa Rica vs Peru: Secondary education, pupils, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0905 units per person
in 2024
Peru
0.0908 units per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
72nd
Peru rank
70th

Secondary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
0.040.060.080.1197019972024

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.0908 units per person against 0.0905 units per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0003 units per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Peru ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Peru ranks 70th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0477 units per person 0.0516 units per person 0.004 units per person Peru
1980s 0.0457 units per person 0.0721 units per person 0.0264 units per person Peru
1990s 0.0508 units per person 0.0783 units per person 0.0275 units per person Peru
2000s 0.0797 units per person 0.0904 units per person 0.0108 units per person Peru
2010s 0.0948 units per person 0.0892 units per person 0.0056 units per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.0976 units per person 0.0903 units per person 0.0073 units per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, pupils, per capita, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 0.0908 units per person against 0.0905 units per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in secondary education, pupils, per capita between Costa Rica and Peru?
0.0003 units per person, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
53 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for secondary education, pupils, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Peru ranks 70th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 10,025 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Secondary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.