Costa Rica vs Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0219 units per person
in 2018
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
0.005 units per person
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
29th
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank
30th

Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0219 units per person against 0.005 units per person in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), a difference of 0.0169 units per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 4.4 times Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 29th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 30th of 201 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0086 units per person 0.0017 units per person 0.0069 units per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0104 units per person 0.0029 units per person 0.0075 units per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.0107 units per person 0.0032 units per person 0.0075 units per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0133 units per person 0.0042 units per person 0.0091 units per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0195 units per person 0.0049 units per person 0.0146 units per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita, Costa Rica or Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
Costa Rica, at 0.0219 units per person against 0.005 units per person in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita between Costa Rica and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
0.0169 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank globally for secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 29th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 30th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, vocational 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, vocational pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 8,309 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

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