Costa Rica's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) was 110.49% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.08 percentage points from 103.41% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 110.49% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 102.22% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 103.41% | 2008 |
| Highest | 127.54% | 1976 |
| Lowest | 99.32% | 2017 |
| Average since 2009 | 105.05% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 109.25% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Costa Rica's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) rose 11.17 percentage points on 2017 (from 99.32% to 110.49%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1979 to 2017), the average change was −0.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.17 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.96 percentage points in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 5% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Costa Rica had the 19th highest value of the 79 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 110.49% | 2018 |
| World | 106.6% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 100.75% | 2018 |
| High income | 98.65% | 2018 |
Closest to Costa Rica in the 2018 ranking
- Namibia — 16th of 79: 112.71%
- Montenegro — 17th of 79: 111.03%
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 18th of 79: 110.5%
- Morocco — 20th of 79: 108.96%
- Tanzania — 21st of 79: 108.46%
- Solomon Islands — 22nd of 79: 108.07%
What this measures
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 44 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 110.49 |
| 2017 | 99.32 |
| 2016 | 103.9 |
| 2015 | 105.27 |
| 2014 | 104 |
| 2013 | 102.22 |
| 2012 | 104.17 |
| 2011 | 105.61 |
| 2010 | 107.34 |
| 2009 | 108.15 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 97.5% (2018)
- Argentina — 106.36% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 82.75% (2018)
- Barbados — 97.58% (2018)
- Belize — 99.28% (2018)
- Bolivia — 99.41% (2018)
- British Virgin Islands — 150.3% (2017)
- Chile
More education data for Costa Rica
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 460,126 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 464,490 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.99 (2021)
- Primary education, teachers — 43,058 (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 95.24% (2021)
- School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)
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Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)?
- 110.49% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 1.25 percentage points from 109.25% in 1970. The highest value was 127.54% in 1976 and the lowest 99.32% in 2017.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 19th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) unusual for Costa Rica?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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