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

China
1 GPI
in 2019
Costa Rica
1 GPI
in 2019
China rank
104th
Costa Rica rank
101st

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

  • China
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Costa Rica ahead.

China ranks 104th and Costa Rica ranks 101st of 189 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1980s 0.9433 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0718 GPI Costa Rica
1990s 0.9532 GPI 1 GPI 0.0476 GPI Costa Rica
2000s 0.9513 GPI 0.9992 GPI 0.0479 GPI Costa Rica
2010s 0.9948 GPI 1 GPI 0.0077 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, China or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 1 GPI against 1 GPI in China as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between China and Costa Rica?
0 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Costa Rica?
32 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2019.
How do China and Costa Rica rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
China ranks 104th 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.