Completion rate, primary education, rural, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, primary education, rural, female was 99.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, rural, female in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 99.5% for completion rate, primary education, rural, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, rural, female in Costa Rica peaked at 99.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.7%, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 19th out of 79 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, primary education, rural, female in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 79.7% | — |
| 2001 | 80.7% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 82.3% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 85.9% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 89.7% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 88.7% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 89.9% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 90.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 91.7% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 92.6% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 91.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 93.7% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 95.0% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 94.9% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 93.8% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 94.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 94.5% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 98.8% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 97.8% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 99.1% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 98.3% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 98.2% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 98.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 99.5% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.9% | 79.7% | 91.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 91.6% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.2% | 99.5% | 5 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 228,863 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 123,741 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 221,811 (2019)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, rural, female in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, primary education, rural, female in Costa Rica was 99.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, rural, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, rural, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.7% in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, primary education, rural, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 19th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, primary education, rural, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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, primary education, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release