Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity was 0.9778 WPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica stood at 0.9778 WPIA.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica peaked at 0.987 WPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8247 WPIA, in 2002.
That places Costa Rica 6th out of 29 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.8247 WPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.8536 WPIA | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8707 WPIA | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9024 WPIA | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8678 WPIA | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.907 WPIA | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9053 WPIA | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9321 WPIA | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9114 WPIA | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8572 WPIA | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9067 WPIA | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9149 WPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.951 WPIA | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.927 WPIA | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.949 WPIA | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.951 WPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9555 WPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.963 WPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.982 WPIA | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.985 WPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.981 WPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.987 WPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9778 WPIA | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.883 WPIA | 0.8247 WPIA | 0.9321 WPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9287 WPIA | 0.8572 WPIA | 0.963 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9826 WPIA | 0.9778 WPIA | 0.987 WPIA | 5 |
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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 total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica?
- Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity in Costa Rica was 0.9778 WPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.987 WPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8247 WPIA in 2002.
- How does Costa Rica rank for total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity?
- Costa Rica ranks 6th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release