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)
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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

Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
438 places, 18,351 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release