Costa Rica vs Portugal: Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre

Costa Rica
2.13 units per square kilometre
in 2018
Portugal
2.1 units per square kilometre
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
39th
Portugal rank
41st

Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.13 units per square kilometre against 2.1 units per square kilometre in Portugal, a difference of 0.03 units per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Portugal ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 39th and Portugal ranks 41st of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3872 units per square kilometre 1.45 units per square kilometre 1.06 units per square kilometre Portugal
1980s 0.5407 units per square kilometre 0.2127 units per square kilometre 0.3281 units per square kilometre Costa Rica
1990s 0.7248 units per square kilometre 0.8836 units per square kilometre 0.1588 units per square kilometre Portugal
2000s 1.11 units per square kilometre 1.33 units per square kilometre 0.2277 units per square kilometre Portugal
2010s 1.79 units per square kilometre 2.18 units per square kilometre 0.3889 units per square kilometre Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Portugal?
Costa Rica, at 2.13 units per square kilometre against 2.1 units per square kilometre in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Portugal?
0.03 units per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Costa Rica and Portugal rank globally for secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 39th and Portugal ranks 41st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre. 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 square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
243 places, 8,119 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, vocational pupils divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.