Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity was 0.8756 WPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.8756 WPIA for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 78.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica peaked at 0.8756 WPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3549 WPIA, in 2003.
Costa Rica ranks 9th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3602 WPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3847 WPIA | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4473 WPIA | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3549 WPIA | -20.7% |
| 2004 | 0.413 WPIA | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4223 WPIA | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4371 WPIA | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4654 WPIA | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4713 WPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4236 WPIA | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5289 WPIA | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 0.3835 WPIA | -27.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4755 WPIA | +24.0% |
| 2013 | 0.512 WPIA | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.491 WPIA | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5706 WPIA | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5452 WPIA | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5326 WPIA | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5662 WPIA | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6462 WPIA | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7208 WPIA | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 0.761 WPIA | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8168 WPIA | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8269 WPIA | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.8756 WPIA | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.418 WPIA | 0.3549 WPIA | 0.4713 WPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5252 WPIA | 0.3835 WPIA | 0.6462 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8002 WPIA | 0.7208 WPIA | 0.8756 WPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,058 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica was 0.8756 WPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8756 WPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3549 WPIA in 2003.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity?
- Costa Rica ranks 9th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.3%. 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 wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release