Costa Rica vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational
Costa Rica
27.0%
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
14.5%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
24th
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
26th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational over time
- Costa Rica
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 27.0% against 14.5% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 12.5%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.9 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 24th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 26th of 213 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.5% | 5.1% | 13.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 21.9% | 8.3% | 13.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 12.9% | 7.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 14.5% | 2.4% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 17.5% | 3.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 14.8% | 10.5% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational, Costa Rica or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- Costa Rica, at 27.0% against 14.5% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational between Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- 12.5%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational?
- Costa Rica ranks 24th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 26th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 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