Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity was 0.9464 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.9464 LPIA for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9932 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5368 LPIA, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 42nd of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5368 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.5434 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5746 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6307 LPIA | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6291 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6582 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7133 LPIA | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7312 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.721 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.733 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7991 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6997 LPIA | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8304 LPIA | +18.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8636 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8031 LPIA | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8906 LPIA | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8906 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9566 LPIA | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9217 LPIA | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9205 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9357 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9893 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9922 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9932 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9464 LPIA | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6471 LPIA | 0.5368 LPIA | 0.733 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8576 LPIA | 0.6997 LPIA | 0.9566 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9714 LPIA | 0.9357 LPIA | 0.9932 LPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.17 % change on previous year (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 34,294 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,765 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 119,754 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.39 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 102,057 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.91 % change on previous year (2019)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica was 0.9464 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9932 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5368 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity?
- Costa Rica ranks 42nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release