Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female was 97.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female in Costa Rica, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female in Costa Rica stood at 97.7%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female in Costa Rica peaked at 99.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 89.7%, in 2002.
That places Costa Rica 9th out of 36 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, female in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 89.7% | — |
| 2003 | 90.5% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 90.5% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 91.4% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 92.5% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 93.4% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 93.7% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 94.8% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 94.7% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 91.9% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 96.1% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 96.0% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 97.5% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 96.5% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 97.4% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 97.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 97.1% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 97.6% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 99.5% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 98.9% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 99.2% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 98.8% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 97.7% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.1% | 89.7% | 94.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 96.2% | 91.9% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 97.7% | 99.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 6 Peru 98.7% compare
- 7 Panama 98.0% compare
- 8 United States of America 97.9% compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 97.3% compare
- 11 Paraguay 96.9% compare
- 12 South Africa 96.5% compare
More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43,058 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 235,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 228,863 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 123,741 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female in Costa Rica?
- Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female in Costa Rica was 97.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.7% in 2002.
- How does Costa Rica rank for total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 9th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release