Costa Rica vs Kuwait: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity
Costa Rica
1 GPI
in 2019
Kuwait
1 GPI
in 2012
Costa Rica rank
61st
Kuwait rank
58th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity over time
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 1 GPI against 1 GPI in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 GPI.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Kuwait ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 61st and Kuwait ranks 58th of 188 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Kuwait in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9993 GPI | 0.9646 GPI | 0.0348 GPI | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.9881 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 0.025 GPI | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.9855 GPI | 0.9881 GPI | 0.0026 GPI | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 1 GPI against 1 GPI in Costa Rica as of 2012.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 0 GPI, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2012.
- How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Costa Rica ranks 61st and Kuwait ranks 58th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, 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
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.