Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male was 78.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 78.7% for completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.6% on the previous year and up 120.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in Costa Rica peaked at 78.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.9%, in 2001.
Costa Rica ranks 6th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.2% | — |
| 2001 | 15.9% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 16.3% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 25.1% | +54.9% |
| 2005 | 20.9% | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 22.7% | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 30.4% | +25.6% |
| 2011 | 22.3% | -26.7% |
| 2012 | 29.8% | +33.8% |
| 2013 | 38.5% | +29.2% |
| 2014 | 35.8% | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 36.8% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 43.8% | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 39.4% | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 45.9% | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 45.2% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 57.8% | +27.9% |
| 2021 | 53.9% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 63.8% | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 63.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 78.7% | +23.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.9% | 15.9% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.8% | 22.3% | 45.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.6% | 53.9% | 78.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male in Costa Rica was 78.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 78.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.9% in 2001.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male?
- Costa Rica ranks 6th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.0%. 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, second quintile, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release