Costa Rica vs Upper middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes over time
- Costa Rica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 124.1% against 102.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 21.6%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 188 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.1% | 100.6% | 7.5% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 106.8% | 101.5% | 5.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 119.3% | 101.2% | 18.1% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes, Costa Rica or Upper middle income?
- Costa Rica, at 124.1% against 102.5% in Upper middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes between Costa Rica and Upper middle income?
- 21.6%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Upper middle income?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Upper middle income rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- Costa Rica ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary and lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.