Completion rate, primary education … rate wealth WPIA adjusted in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, primary education … rate wealth WPIA adjusted was 0.9933 WPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index in Costa Rica is 0.9933 WPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9933 WPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7136 WPIA, in 2001.
Costa Rica ranks 3rd of 51 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education … rate wealth WPIA adjusted in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7388 WPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7136 WPIA | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.7627 WPIA | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7826 WPIA | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8254 WPIA | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8429 WPIA | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8283 WPIA | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8246 WPIA | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8607 WPIA | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.852 WPIA | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8836 WPIA | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8506 WPIA | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9018 WPIA | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9018 WPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9025 WPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9164 WPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9066 WPIA | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9256 WPIA | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9508 WPIA | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.938 WPIA | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.952 WPIA | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.95 WPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.976 WPIA | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.974 WPIA | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9933 WPIA | +2.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.9933 WPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9866 WPIA, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.9933 WPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9563 WPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8032 WPIA | 0.7136 WPIA | 0.8607 WPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9078 WPIA | 0.8506 WPIA | 0.9508 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9691 WPIA | 0.95 WPIA | 0.9933 WPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.16 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.51 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index in Costa Rica was 0.9933 WPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9933 WPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7136 WPIA in 2001.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 3rd out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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, primary 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