Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Costa Rica
0.9961 index
in 2024
Jamaica
0.9965 index
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
108th
Jamaica rank
107th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.9965 index against 0.9961 index in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0004 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Jamaica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 108th and Jamaica ranks 107th of 215 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9732 index | 0.9887 index | 0.0155 index | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.9878 index | 0.9876 index | 0.0002 index | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 0.9964 index | 0.0091 index | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.9965 index against 0.9961 index in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 0.0004 index, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 108th and Jamaica ranks 107th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary school life expectancy, 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 equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.