Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and

Costa Rica
11.79
in 2021
Nigeria
11.92
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
60th
Nigeria rank
59th

Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Nigeria
051015198920052021

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 11.92 against 11.79 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.13.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Nigeria ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 60th and Nigeria ranks 59th of 88 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Nigeria Difference Ahead
2000s 11.47 12.38 0.9098 Nigeria
2010s 11.55 12.3 0.7426 Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and, Costa Rica or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 11.92 against 11.79 in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and between Costa Rica and Nigeria?
0.13, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?
6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Nigeria rank globally for average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and?
Costa Rica ranks 60th and Nigeria ranks 59th of 88 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and above, above primary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and. Statizoid. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-number-of-completed-years-in-formal-education-aged-17-and-above-above-primary/costa-rica/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-number-of-completed-years-in-formal-education-aged-17-and-above-above-primary/costa-rica/nigeria/">Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and above, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 1,164 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed