School life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 6.2 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica is 6.2 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica peaked at 7.07 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.42 years, in 2002.
Costa Rica ranks 89th of 213 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.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3.42 years | — |
| 2004 | 3.98 years | +16.2% |
| 2005 | 4.06 years | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 4.39 years | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 4.41 years | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 4.5 years | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 4.8 years | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 4.92 years | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 5.05 years | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 5.18 years | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 5.52 years | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 5.73 years | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 5.76 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5.89 years | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 6.09 years | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 6.25 years | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 6.75 years | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 6.66 years | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 7.07 years | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 6.74 years | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 6.4 years | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 6.2 years | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.22 years | 3.42 years | 4.8 years | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.72 years | 4.92 years | 6.75 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.61 years | 6.2 years | 7.07 years | 5 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Costa Rica was 6.2 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 7.07 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.42 years in 2002.
- How does Costa Rica rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 89th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release