Belgium vs Costa Rica: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Belgium
1 GPI
in 2018
Costa Rica
1 GPI
in 2019
Belgium rank
98th
Costa Rica rank
101st

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index over time

  • Belgium
  • Costa Rica
00.250.50.751197019942019

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 1 GPI against 1 GPI in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 98th and Costa Rica ranks 101st of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1970s 1.01 GPI 0.9899 GPI 0.0193 GPI Belgium
1980s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0044 GPI Costa Rica
1990s 0.9974 GPI 1 GPI 0.0045 GPI Costa Rica
2000s 0.9937 GPI 1 GPI 0.0065 GPI Costa Rica
2010s 0.9959 GPI 1 GPI 0.0066 GPI Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Belgium or Costa Rica?
Belgium, at 1 GPI against 1 GPI in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Belgium and Costa Rica?
0 GPI, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Costa Rica?
42 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Belgium and Costa Rica rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Belgium ranks 98th and Costa Rica ranks 101st of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.