Costa Rica vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita

Costa Rica
0.0067 number per person
in 2019
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
0.0034 number per person
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
16th
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
17th

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
0.0020.0030.0040.0050.0060.007197019942019

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0067 number per person against 0.0034 number per person in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0033 number per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.0 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 16th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 17th of 196 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0045 number per person 0.0021 number per person 0.0024 number per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0034 number per person 0.0022 number per person 0.0012 number per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.004 number per person 0.0025 number per person 0.0015 number per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0048 number per person 0.0027 number per person 0.0021 number per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0061 number per person 0.0031 number per person 0.003 number per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita, Costa Rica or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 0.0067 number per person against 0.0034 number per person in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita between Costa Rica and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
0.0033 number per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
25 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 16th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 17th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita
Unit
number per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.