Costa Rica vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general
Costa Rica
73.0%
in 2024
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
85.5%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
194th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
195th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general over time
- Costa Rica
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
How they compare
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) currently reports 85.5% against 73.0% in Costa Rica, a difference of 12.5%.
That makes WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 194th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 195th of 217 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 86.0% | 78.1% | 7.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 78.1% | 79.9% | 1.8% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
| 1990s | 79.4% | 86.1% | 6.7% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
| 2000s | 83.1% | 91.2% | 8.0% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
| 2010s | 78.7% | 87.8% | 9.1% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
| 2020s | 74.7% | 86.1% | 11.4% | WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) |
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 WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), at 85.5% against 73.0% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general between Costa Rica and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- 12.5%, with WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Costa Rica ranks 194th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 195th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%). 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