Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.6141 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica is 0.6141 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6141 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1816 LPIA, in 1973.
Costa Rica ranks 63rd of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.1816 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3871 LPIA | +113.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4091 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.4173 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4128 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4392 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4451 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5042 LPIA | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5224 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5437 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4841 LPIA | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5027 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5162 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4882 LPIA | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.54 LPIA | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5436 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5445 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.5249 LPIA | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5731 LPIA | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5531 LPIA | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6088 LPIA | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 0.5722 LPIA | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5573 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.5906 LPIA | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 0.6141 LPIA | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1816 LPIA | 0.1816 LPIA | 0.1816 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4534 LPIA | 0.3871 LPIA | 0.5437 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.527 LPIA | 0.4841 LPIA | 0.5731 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5886 LPIA | 0.5573 LPIA | 0.6141 LPIA | 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 educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica was 0.6141 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6141 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1816 LPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Costa Rica ranks 63rd out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release