Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.6423 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 0.6423 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6423 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1821 LPIA, in 1973.
Costa Rica ranks 57th of 95 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.1821 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.4014 LPIA | +120.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4171 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4349 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4379 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4437 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4627 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5285 LPIA | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 0.533 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5743 LPIA | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5911 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5914 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.607 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6406 LPIA | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 0.6423 LPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1821 LPIA | 0.1821 LPIA | 0.1821 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4466 LPIA | 0.4014 LPIA | 0.5285 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.5794 LPIA | 0.533 LPIA | 0.607 LPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.6414 LPIA | 0.6406 LPIA | 0.6423 LPIA | 2 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 228,863 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 123,741 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 221,811 (2019)
- 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)
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 0.6423 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 0.6423 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1821 LPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Costa Rica ranks 57th 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 11.8%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release