School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
1.07 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
48th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.16 GPI
in 1980
All-time low
1.03 GPI
in 1989
Years of data
48
1970–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511.2197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica stood at 1.07 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica peaked at 1.16 GPI in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1.03 GPI, in 1989.

Costa Rica ranks 48th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.11 GPI 1.07 GPI 1.15 GPI 9
1980s 1.09 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.16 GPI 10
1990s 1.07 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.1 GPI 10
2000s 1.05 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.07 GPI 9
2010s 1.05 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.07 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 45 South Africa 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 46 Comoros 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 47 Seychelles 1.07 GPI compare
  4. 49 Kuwait 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 50 Bahamas 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 51 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.06 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Costa Rica was 1.07 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 1.16 GPI in 1980.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 1989.
How does Costa Rica rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Costa Rica ranks 48th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.