Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary was 37.3% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica stood at 37.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica peaked at 73.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 33.8%, in 2005.
That places Costa Rica 26th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 73.4% | — |
| 1965 | 70.1% | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 70.1% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 66.1% | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 61.4% | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 52.8% | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 46.8% | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 48.1% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 45.6% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 33.8% | -25.9% |
| 2010 | 37.3% | +10.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 37.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.6%, 14.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 37.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21.6%, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.7% | 70.1% | 73.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 68.1% | 66.1% | 70.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 57.1% | 52.8% | 61.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 47.5% | 46.8% | 48.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.7% | 33.8% | 45.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 37.3% | 37.3% | 37.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37,015 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,772 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62,694 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,047 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Costa Rica was 37.3% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 73.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.8% in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary?
- Costa Rica ranks 26th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)