Costa Rica vs Italy: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male

Costa Rica
16.05 years
in 2019
Italy
15.89 years
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
28th
Italy rank
29th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Italy
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 16.05 years against 15.89 years in Italy, a difference of 0.16 years.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 28th and Italy ranks 29th of 175 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Italy Difference Ahead
1970s 8.42 years 11.89 years 3.47 years Italy
2000s 11.98 years 15.56 years 3.58 years Italy
2010s 14.71 years 15.81 years 1.11 years Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, Costa Rica or Italy?
Costa Rica, at 16.05 years against 15.89 years in Italy as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Costa Rica and Italy?
0.16 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Italy?
11 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Italy rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Costa Rica ranks 28th and Italy ranks 29th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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, primary to tertiary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.