Primary completion rate, total in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Primary completion rate, total was 106.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Costa Rica, 2002–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 106.4% for primary completion rate, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Costa Rica peaked at 106.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84.6%, in 2006.
That places Costa Rica 15th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 91.6% | — |
| 2004 | 90.5% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 90.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 84.6% | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 90.4% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 89.6% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 95.9% | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 94.7% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 97.6% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 93.8% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 95.2% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 92.4% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 93.3% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 92.4% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 91.2% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 90.8% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 93.7% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 98.6% | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 100.3% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 93.2% | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 100.7% | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 106.4% | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.5% | 84.6% | 95.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.5% | 90.8% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 93.2% | 106.4% | 5 |
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More aid effectiveness data for Costa Rica
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 287,578 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 55,010 current US$ (2021)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 734,559 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 2.91 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 31,872 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 5.22 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 60.47 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 414,114 current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 576,025 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan -3.09 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Costa Rica?
- Primary completion rate, total in Costa Rica was 106.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 106.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.6% in 2006.
- How does Costa Rica rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.