Costa Rica vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in

Costa Rica
19.2%
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2.9%
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
7th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
8th

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 19.2% against 2.9% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 16.3%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 6.6 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 7th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th of 83 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1990s 16.0% 2.4% 13.7% Costa Rica
2000s 15.0% 2.5% 12.5% Costa Rica
2010s 17.1% 2.7% 14.4% 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, Costa Rica or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Costa Rica, at 19.2% against 2.9% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2019.
What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Costa Rica and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
16.3%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th of 83 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,099 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.