Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Costa Rica
1.11 index
in 2025
Paraguay
1.11 index
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
36th
Paraguay rank
35th
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Costa Rica
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 1.11 index against 1.11 index in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 index.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 36th and Paraguay ranks 35th of 164 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9821 index | 0.9566 index | 0.0254 index | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.01 index | 1.02 index | 0.0063 index | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 1.11 index | 1.05 index | 0.0607 index | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.12 index | 1.1 index | 0.0206 index | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.11 index | 1.11 index | 0.0023 index | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Costa Rica or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 1.11 index against 1.11 index in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 0 index, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th and Paraguay ranks 35th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.