Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted was 0.9798 WPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Costa Rica, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.9798 WPIA for total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Costa Rica peaked at 0.998 WPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.89 WPIA, in 2002.
That places Costa Rica 8th out of 23 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.89 WPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.9274 WPIA | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9313 WPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.945 WPIA | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.916 WPIA | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.916 WPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9534 WPIA | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9525 WPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.957 WPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9399 WPIA | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.944 WPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.955 WPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.985 WPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.959 WPIA | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.959 WPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.968 WPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9443 WPIA | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.971 WPIA | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.981 WPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.998 WPIA | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.993 WPIA | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.981 WPIA | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9798 WPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.929 WPIA | 0.89 WPIA | 0.9534 WPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9582 WPIA | 0.9399 WPIA | 0.985 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9866 WPIA | 0.9798 WPIA | 0.998 WPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,047 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Costa Rica?
- Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Costa Rica was 0.9798 WPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.998 WPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.89 WPIA in 2002.
- How does Costa Rica rank for total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 education, urban, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release