Costa Rica vs Low & middle income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time
- Costa Rica
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 16.05 years against 11.94 years in Low & middle income, a difference of 4.11 years.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 28th and Low & middle income ranks 29th of 175 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.44 years | 7.87 years | 0.5675 years | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 11.98 years | 10.27 years | 1.71 years | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 14.86 years | 11.71 years | 3.14 years | Costa Rica |
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 Low & middle income?
- Costa Rica, at 16.05 years against 11.94 years in Low & middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Costa Rica and Low & middle income?
- 4.11 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Low & middle income?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Low & middle income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Costa Rica ranks 28th and Low & middle income 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
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.