Upper secondary completion in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, 81.7% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Costa Rica, 2024
81.7%
Change from 2023
+3.5percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
85.2%
Upper secondary completion in Costa Rica over time
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Costa Rica
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 81.7% |
| 2023 | 78.2% |
| 2022 | 77.8% |
| 2021 | 69.2% |
| 2020 | 64.7% |
| 2019 | 61.8% |
| 2018 | 58.1% |
| 2017 | 57.5% |
| 2016 | 55.5% |
| 2015 | 52.7% |
| 2014 | 54.8% |
| 2013 | 53.2% |
| 2012 | 51.8% |
| 2011 | 46.4% |
| 2010 | 47.9% |
| 2009 | 43.0% |
| 2008 | 41.2% |
| 2007 | 39.5% |
| 2006 | 40.7% |
| 2005 | 38.0% |
| 2004 | 38.9% |
| 2003 | 39.0% |
| 2002 | 36.4% |
| 2001 | 37.5% |
| 2000 | 36.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.5 percentage points from 78.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 54.8%, the figure has changed by +26.9 percentage points.
More for Costa Rica
All statistics for Costa Rica
Lower secondary completion
90.3%
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18.3%
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Primary completion (UIS)
99.6%
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Out-of-school children
4.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
7.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
11.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS