Costa Rica vs Peru: Share of the population with tertiary education
Costa Rica
19.5%
in 2020
Peru
19.9%
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
42nd
Peru rank
41st
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 19.9% against 19.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Peru ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 42nd and Peru ranks 41st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Peru in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.2% | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | Peru |
| 1950s | 1.9% | 2.2% | 0.4% | Peru |
| 1960s | 2.8% | 3.0% | 0.2% | Peru |
| 1970s | 4.6% | 6.1% | 1.5% | Peru |
| 1980s | 8.8% | 11.7% | 2.8% | Peru |
| 1990s | 13.2% | 19.4% | 6.1% | Peru |
| 2000s | 17.5% | 31.4% | 13.9% | Peru |
| 2010s | 20.4% | 21.7% | 1.3% | Peru |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 19.9% | 0.4% | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Costa Rica or Peru?
- Peru, at 19.9% against 19.5% in Costa Rica as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Costa Rica and Peru?
- 0.4%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Costa Rica ranks 42nd and Peru ranks 41st of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.