Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in

Costa Rica
90.3%
in 2019
El Salvador
95.1%
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
31st
El Salvador rank
28th

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
020406080100199920092019

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 95.1% against 90.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 4.8%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 31st and El Salvador ranks 28th of 71 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
2000s 82.6% 90.5% 7.9% El Salvador
2010s 86.9% 94.1% 7.2% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 95.1% against 90.3% in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
4.8%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
Costa Rica ranks 31st and El Salvador ranks 28th of 71 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
89 places, 1,069 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Number of teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the pre-primary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the pre-primary level.