Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.9921 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.9921 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
164th
of 183 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPIA
in 2001
All-time low
0.9629 GPIA
in 2019
Years of data
26
1998–2024
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica stood at 0.9921 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9629 GPIA, in 2019.
Costa Rica ranks 164th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.03 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.05 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 1.02 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9931 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9939 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9932 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9854 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9664 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9717 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9754 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9802 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.968 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9629 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9724 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9766 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9824 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9882 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9921 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9931 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9811 GPIA | 0.9629 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9824 GPIA | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9921 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 161 Paraguay 0.9976 GPIA compare
- 162 Puerto Rico 0.9966 GPIA compare
- 163 Kenya 0.9953 GPIA compare
- 165 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9919 GPIA compare
- 166 South Africa 0.9866 GPIA compare
- 167 British Virgin Islands 0.986 GPIA compare
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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica was 0.9921 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9629 GPIA in 2019.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Costa Rica ranks 164th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release