Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in

Costa Rica
19.2%
in 2019
Uruguay
20.5%
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
7th
Uruguay rank
5th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
5101520199820082019

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 20.5% against 19.2% in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.3%.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 5th of 83 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 16.0% 20.1% 4.0% Uruguay
2000s 14.9% 12.0% 2.9% Costa Rica
2010s 16.8% 15.7% 1.1% 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 Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 20.5% against 19.2% in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
1.3%, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 5th 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.