Costa Rica vs Lesotho: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general
Costa Rica
0.9927 GPIA
in 2024
Lesotho
0.992 GPIA
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
191st
Lesotho rank
193rd
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general over time
- Costa Rica
- Lesotho
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.9927 GPIA against 0.992 GPIA in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0007 GPIA.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 191st and Lesotho ranks 193rd of 211 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.05 GPIA | 0.9671 GPIA | 0.0866 GPIA | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9877 GPIA | 0.0348 GPIA | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9974 GPIA | 0.0222 GPIA | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 0.0016 GPIA | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.9901 GPIA | 0.9909 GPIA | 0.0008 GPIA | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general, Costa Rica or Lesotho?
- Costa Rica, at 0.9927 GPIA against 0.992 GPIA in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general between Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 0.0007 GPIA, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lesotho?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
- How do Costa Rica and Lesotho rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Costa Rica ranks 191st and Lesotho ranks 193rd of 211 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). 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