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

Colombia
1 GPI
in 2018
Costa Rica
1 GPI
in 2019
Colombia rank
103rd
Costa Rica rank
101st

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

  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 103rd and Costa Rica ranks 101st of 189 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1980s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0271 GPI Colombia
1990s 1.03 GPI 0.9982 GPI 0.0337 GPI Colombia
2000s 1 GPI 1 GPI 0.0035 GPI Colombia
2010s 1 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0062 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, Colombia or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 1 GPI against 1 GPI in Colombia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Colombia and Costa Rica?
0 GPI, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Costa Rica?
23 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2018.
How do Colombia and Costa Rica rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Colombia ranks 103rd 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.