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

Costa Rica
16.05 years
in 2019
Small states
12.01 years
in 2015
Costa Rica rank
28th
Small states rank
27th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Small states
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 16.05 years against 12.01 years in Small states, a difference of 4.04 years.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Small states's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Small states ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 28th and Small states ranks 27th of 175 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Small states in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Small states Difference Ahead
1970s 8.44 years 8.87 years 0.4328 years Small states
2000s 11.98 years 11.19 years 0.7897 years Costa Rica
2010s 14.43 years 11.91 years 2.52 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 Small states?
Costa Rica, at 16.05 years against 12.01 years in Small states as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Costa Rica and Small states?
4.04 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Small states?
9 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.
How do Costa Rica and Small states rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Costa Rica ranks 28th and Small states ranks 27th 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.