Costa Rica vs Ecuador: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male

Costa Rica
1.91 years
in 2019
Ecuador
1.94 years
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
80th
Ecuador rank
77th

School life expectancy, pre-primary, male over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 1.94 years against 1.91 years in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 80th and Ecuador ranks 77th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Ecuador Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2803 years 0.0949 years 0.1854 years Costa Rica
1980s 0.4702 years 0.3032 years 0.1671 years Costa Rica
1990s 0.7505 years 0.5063 years 0.2443 years Costa Rica
2000s 1.32 years 0.8355 years 0.4795 years Costa Rica
2010s 1.62 years 1.89 years 0.2689 years Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, male, Costa Rica or Ecuador?
Ecuador, at 1.94 years against 1.91 years in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, male between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
0.03 years, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
Costa Rica ranks 80th and Ecuador ranks 77th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years). 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, male (years)
Unit
years
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

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.