Costa Rica - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Costa Rica was 71.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 74.85 in 2019, while its lowest value was 21.20 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 21.20
1971 23.53
1972 28.47
1981 36.51
1982 34.57
1985 30.53
1986 29.83
1987 28.52
1988 29.13
1989 27.75
1991 31.12
1992 33.58
1993 31.92
1994 34.11
1995 34.25
1996 34.19
1999 41.14
2000 47.13
2001 46.23
2002 47.04
2004 56.17
2005 59.99
2006 59.96
2007 60.09
2008 62.38
2009 58.38
2010 57.86
2011 57.69
2012 62.68
2013 59.18
2014 62.57
2015 62.74
2016 59.39
2017 63.20
2018 74.61
2019 74.85
2020 71.05

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Costa Rica was 67.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 73.17 in 2019, while its lowest value was 17.70 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 17.70
1971 18.86
1972 23.56
1981 28.73
1982 28.37
1985 25.98
1986 26.97
1987 25.79
1988 26.44
1989 24.92
1991 27.15
1992 29.06
1993 27.61
1994 29.03
1995 29.08
1996 28.48
1999 34.96
2000 40.38
2001 39.25
2002 40.93
2004 48.02
2005 52.49
2006 51.84
2007 52.89
2008 53.84
2009 51.33
2010 50.52
2011 49.69
2012 54.58
2013 52.55
2014 55.13
2015 55.43
2016 53.77
2017 56.94
2018 66.18
2019 73.17
2020 67.48

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Costa Rica was 69.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 73.99 in 2019, while its lowest value was 19.42 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 19.42
1971 21.16
1972 25.98
1980 31.29
1981 32.57
1982 31.43
1983 28.22
1984 26.89
1985 28.23
1986 28.38
1987 27.14
1988 27.77
1989 26.32
1990 28.07
1991 29.10
1992 31.27
1993 29.72
1994 31.52
1995 31.61
1996 31.28
1999 37.99
2000 43.69
2001 42.67
2002 43.93
2004 52.01
2005 56.16
2006 55.82
2007 56.41
2008 58.02
2009 54.78
2010 54.11
2011 53.60
2012 58.54
2013 55.79
2014 58.77
2015 59.00
2016 56.52
2017 60.00
2018 70.30
2019 73.99
2020 69.22

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes