Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female was 93.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female in Costa Rica stood at 93.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female in Costa Rica peaked at 93.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38.5%, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 5th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38.5% | — |
| 2001 | 42.3% | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 47.8% | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 47.4% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 40.1% | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 44.6% | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 46.8% | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 48.2% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 54.1% | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 53.1% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 54.1% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 63.6% | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 67.9% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 64.1% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 65.1% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 67.0% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 72.7% | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 67.8% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 70.1% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 74.1% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 79.2% | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 83.0% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 93.3% | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 89.8% | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 93.6% | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.3% | 38.5% | 54.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.7% | 54.1% | 74.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.8% | 79.2% | 93.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 2 United States 98.8% compare
- 3 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 94.9% compare
- 4 Peru 94.0% compare
- 6 Dominican Republic 93.2% compare
- 7 Ecuador 92.8% compare
- 8 Brazil 92.0% compare
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, second quintile, female in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female in Costa Rica was 93.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.5% in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. 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, second quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release