Costa Rica vs Nicaragua

Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 9 years in Costa Rica and 6.7 years in Nicaragua, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Costa Rica, by 2.2 years, or 1.33 times that in Nicaragua.

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years · World Bank

Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 9 years in Costa Rica and 6.7 years in Nicaragua, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Costa Rica, by 2.2 years, or 1.33 times that in Nicaragua.
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What the numbers say

  • Costa Rica has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
  • In 2020, Costa Rica ranked 57 and Nicaragua ranked 113 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearCosta RicaNicaragua
202096.7
20188.56.7
20178.67.3
20108.4–

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Good to know

  • The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
  • Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.

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