Which has higher enrolment in pre-primary education, male, Costa Rica or Uruguay?

Costa Rica, at 69,973 number against 69,345 number in Uruguay as of 2019.

What is the difference in enrolment in pre-primary education, male between Costa Rica and Uruguay?

628 number, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?

30 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Enrolment in pre-primary education, male

Costa Rica

69,973 number

in 2019

Uruguay

69,345 number

in 2018

Costa Rica rank

100th

Uruguay rank

101st

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male over time

Costa Rica
Uruguay

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 69,973 number against 69,345 number in Uruguay, a difference of 628 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 100th and Uruguay ranks 101st of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1970s	8,068 number	19,541 number	11,473 number	Uruguay
1980s	20,066 number	29,525 number	9,459 number	Uruguay
1990s	31,042 number	39,232 number	8,190 number	Uruguay
2000s	51,413 number	61,286 number	9,873 number	Uruguay
2010s	58,676 number	66,684 number	8,008 number	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in pre-primary education, male, Costa Rica or Uruguay?: Costa Rica, at 69,973 number against 69,345 number in Uruguay as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in pre-primary education, male between Costa Rica and Uruguay?: 628 number, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for enrolment in pre-primary education, male?: Costa Rica ranks 100th and Uruguay ranks 101st of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 241 places, 7,187 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.