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

Costa Rica
1 GPI
in 2019
Peru
1 GPI
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
101st
Peru rank
99th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 101st and Peru ranks 99th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
1970s 1 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.0595 GPI Peru
1980s 1.01 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.0292 GPI Peru
1990s 1 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.0304 GPI Peru
2000s 1 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0187 GPI Peru
2010s 1 GPI 1 GPI 0.0009 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, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 1 GPI against 1 GPI in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Costa Rica and Peru?
0 GPI, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
35 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 101st and Peru ranks 99th 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.