AIMS: Pacific vs Costa Rica: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in
AIMS: Pacific
6.7%
in 2024
Costa Rica
20.9%
in 2024
AIMS: Pacific rank
6th
Costa Rica rank
5th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in over time
- AIMS: Pacific
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 20.9% against 6.7% in AIMS: Pacific, a difference of 14.2%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.1 times AIMS: Pacific's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was AIMS: Pacific ahead.
AIMS: Pacific ranks 6th and Costa Rica ranks 5th of 221 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, AIMS: Pacific averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | AIMS: Pacific | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.7% | 16.0% | 0.7% | AIMS: Pacific |
| 2000s | 16.3% | 15.0% | 1.3% | AIMS: Pacific |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 16.9% | 2.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 19.3% | 12.6% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in, AIMS: Pacific or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 20.9% against 6.7% in AIMS: Pacific as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between AIMS: Pacific and Costa Rica?
- 14.2%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for AIMS: Pacific and Costa Rica?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
- How do AIMS: Pacific and Costa Rica rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- AIMS: Pacific ranks 6th and Costa Rica ranks 5th of 221 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release