Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0219 units per person
in 2018
Uruguay
0.0246 units per person
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
29th
Uruguay rank
26th

Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.0246 units per person against 0.0219 units per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0027 units per person.

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

The two have swapped places 14 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 29th and Uruguay ranks 26th of 201 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0086 units per person 0.0121 units per person 0.0035 units per person Uruguay
1980s 0.0104 units per person 0.0102 units per person 0.0002 units per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.0106 units per person 0.0146 units per person 0.004 units per person Uruguay
2000s 0.0133 units per person 0.0146 units per person 0.0013 units per person Uruguay
2010s 0.0192 units per person 0.0201 units per person 0.001 units per person Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.0246 units per person against 0.0219 units per person in Costa Rica as of 2017.
What is the difference in secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.0027 units per person, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 29th and Uruguay ranks 26th 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.