Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.6085 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6085 LPIA
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
61st
of 103 countries
All-time high
0.6151 LPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.1654 LPIA
in 1973
Years of data
22
1973–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica stood at 0.6085 LPIA.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6151 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1654 LPIA, in 1973.
Costa Rica ranks 61st of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.1654 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3629 LPIA | +119.3% |
| 2002 | 0.381 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3814 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3881 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4039 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4207 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4436 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4128 LPIA | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4827 LPIA | +16.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4803 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5219 LPIA | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5226 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5237 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4822 LPIA | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5516 LPIA | +14.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5037 LPIA | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6104 LPIA | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5786 LPIA | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5809 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6151 LPIA | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6085 LPIA | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1654 LPIA | 0.1654 LPIA | 0.1654 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3974 LPIA | 0.3629 LPIA | 0.4436 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4979 LPIA | 0.4128 LPIA | 0.5516 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5987 LPIA | 0.5786 LPIA | 0.6151 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica was 0.6085 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6151 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1654 LPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Costa Rica ranks 61st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 upper 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