Costa Rica vs Netherlands: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
Costa Rica
0.9961 index
in 2024
Netherlands
0.9958 index
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
108th
Netherlands rank
110th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Costa Rica
- Netherlands
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.9961 index against 0.9958 index in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0003 index.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Netherlands ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 108th and Netherlands ranks 110th of 215 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9734 index | 0.9777 index | 0.0043 index | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.9896 index | 0.9918 index | 0.0022 index | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 0.9949 index | 0.0129 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 Netherlands?
- Costa Rica, at 0.9961 index against 0.9958 index in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between Costa Rica and Netherlands?
- 0.0003 index, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Netherlands?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Netherlands rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 108th and Netherlands ranks 110th 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.