School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
30th
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.9881 GPI
in 1989
Years of data
48
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica, 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica is 1.03 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9881 GPI, in 1989.

Costa Rica ranks 30th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Costa Rica, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 1 GPI
1971 1.01 GPI +0.4%
1972 1.01 GPI +0.6%
1973 1.02 GPI +0.6%
1974 1.01 GPI -0.8%
1975 1.01 GPI +0.4%
1976 1.02 GPI +0.2%
1977 1.02 GPI +0.1%
1979 1.02 GPI -0.0%
1980 1.02 GPI +0.1%
1981 1.01 GPI -0.8%
1982 1.01 GPI +0.0%
1983 1.01 GPI -0.3%
1984 0.9989 GPI -0.8%
1985 0.9974 GPI -0.2%
1986 0.9922 GPI -0.5%
1987 0.9906 GPI -0.2%
1988 0.9951 GPI +0.5%
1989 0.9881 GPI -0.7%
1990 0.9948 GPI +0.7%
1991 1 GPI +0.5%
1992 1 GPI +0.4%
1993 1.01 GPI +0.6%
1994 1.01 GPI +0.1%
1995 1.01 GPI +0.2%
1996 1.02 GPI +0.4%
1997 1.02 GPI -0.1%
1998 1.01 GPI -0.6%
1999 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2000 1 GPI -0.6%
2001 1.01 GPI +0.8%
2002 0.9992 GPI -0.9%
2004 1 GPI +0.1%
2005 1 GPI -0.0%
2006 1 GPI +0.4%
2007 1 GPI -0.3%
2008 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2009 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2010 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2011 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2012 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2013 1.02 GPI +1.1%
2014 1.02 GPI -0.0%
2015 1.01 GPI -0.5%
2016 1.03 GPI +1.1%
2017 1.04 GPI +1.1%
2018 1.03 GPI -0.1%
2019 1.03 GPI -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
1980s 1 GPI 0.9881 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.9948 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2000s 1 GPI 0.9992 GPI 1.01 GPI 9
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 27 Armenia 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 28 Nepal 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 29 New Zealand 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 31 Nicaragua 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 32 Malaysia 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 33 Croatia 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9881 GPI in 1989.
How does Costa Rica rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 30th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
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Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.