Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.5846 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
Costa Rica recorded 0.5846 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica peaked at 0.5846 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1773 LPIA, in 1973.
That places Costa Rica 68th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.1773 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3714 LPIA | +109.5% |
| 2002 | 0.3947 LPIA | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3975 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3839 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.435 LPIA | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4278 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4789 LPIA | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4984 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5053 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4965 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4966 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5381 LPIA | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5758 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5846 LPIA | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1773 LPIA | 0.1773 LPIA | 0.1773 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4127 LPIA | 0.3714 LPIA | 0.4789 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.507 LPIA | 0.4965 LPIA | 0.5381 LPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.5802 LPIA | 0.5758 LPIA | 0.5846 LPIA | 2 |
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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 0.5846 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 0.5846 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1773 LPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Costa Rica ranks 68th 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 15.7%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release