Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity was 0.9172 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica stood at 0.9172 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9724 LPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4329 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Costa Rica 29th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4657 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.4329 LPIA | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4627 LPIA | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4784 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5574 LPIA | +16.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5969 LPIA | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5513 LPIA | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6324 LPIA | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6632 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6302 LPIA | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7034 LPIA | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6728 LPIA | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7244 LPIA | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7072 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6546 LPIA | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7786 LPIA | +18.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7542 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9724 LPIA | +28.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8671 LPIA | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8945 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9154 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8677 LPIA | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8842 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9359 LPIA | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9172 LPIA | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5471 LPIA | 0.4329 LPIA | 0.6632 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7729 LPIA | 0.6546 LPIA | 0.9724 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9041 LPIA | 0.8677 LPIA | 0.9359 LPIA | 5 |
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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, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Costa Rica was 0.9172 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9724 LPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4329 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity?
- Costa Rica ranks 29th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.1%. 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, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release