Costa Rica vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes over time
- Costa Rica
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 99.1% against 77.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 21.5%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 40 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Costa Rica, at 99.1% against 77.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2019.
- What is the difference in percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 21.5%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2017.
- How do Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes?
- Costa Rica ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of teachers by level of education taught (pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching their subjects at the relevant level in a given country, in a given academic year. A high value indicates that students are being taught by teachers who are academically well qualified in the subjects they teach. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/