School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 17.06 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Costa Rica, 1970–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 17.06 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Costa Rica peaked at 17.06 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.2 years, in 1971.
That places Costa Rica 22nd out of 175 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.4 years | — |
| 1971 | 8.2 years | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 8.58 years | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 12.27 years | +43.0% |
| 2011 | 14.62 years | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 14.83 years | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 15.12 years | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 15.51 years | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 15.68 years | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 15.87 years | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 16.2 years | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 16.41 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 17.06 years | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.39 years | 8.2 years | 8.58 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 12.27 years | 12.27 years | 12.27 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 15.7 years | 14.62 years | 17.06 years | 9 |
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More gender data for Costa Rica
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 838.24 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -2.49 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 24,787 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 25,901 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 25,098 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 26,214 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 25,387 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 26,504 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 25,723 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 26,841 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Costa Rica?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Costa Rica was 17.06 years in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 17.06 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2 years in 1971.
- How does Costa Rica rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 22nd out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.