School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.22 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Costa Rica, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Costa Rica is 1.22 GPI, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Costa Rica peaked at 1.31 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7974 GPI, in 1970.
Costa Rica ranks 84th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7974 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.823 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8138 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 1.23 GPI | +51.5% |
| 2011 | 1.25 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1.25 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.22 GPI | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.24 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.31 GPI | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 1.24 GPI | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 1.25 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.21 GPI | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 1.22 GPI | +0.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1.22 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.36 GPI, 90% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 1.22 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.57 GPI, 78% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +51.5% | 0.8138 GPI | 1.23 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8114 GPI | 0.7974 GPI | 0.823 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.23 GPI | 1.23 GPI | 1.23 GPI | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.24 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 1.31 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.16 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.51 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37,015 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,772 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62,694 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,047 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Costa Rica?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Costa Rica was 1.22 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7974 GPI in 1970.
- How does Costa Rica rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 84th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.