Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity was 0.7193 WPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica stood at 0.7193 WPIA. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and up 74.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica peaked at 0.7193 WPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.15 WPIA, in 2011.
That places Costa Rica 9th out of 47 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, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1788 WPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.2464 WPIA | +37.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2254 WPIA | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2309 WPIA | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2833 WPIA | +22.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2239 WPIA | -21.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2493 WPIA | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2479 WPIA | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2006 WPIA | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2 WPIA | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2771 WPIA | +38.6% |
| 2011 | 0.15 WPIA | -45.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3716 WPIA | +147.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3341 WPIA | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4113 WPIA | +23.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2908 WPIA | -29.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3547 WPIA | +22.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3829 WPIA | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2876 WPIA | -24.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4153 WPIA | +44.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4265 WPIA | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5358 WPIA | +25.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6255 WPIA | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6522 WPIA | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.7193 WPIA | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2287 WPIA | 0.1788 WPIA | 0.2833 WPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3275 WPIA | 0.15 WPIA | 0.4153 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5919 WPIA | 0.4265 WPIA | 0.7193 WPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.77 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica was 0.7193 WPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7193 WPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 WPIA in 2011.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity?
- Costa Rica ranks 9th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.9%. 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 wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release