Completion rate, primary education, female in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Completion rate, primary education, female was 97.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
97.3%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
8th
of 42 countries
All-time high
97.3%
in 2018
All-time low
84.6%
in 2001
Years of data
19
2000–2018

Completion rate, primary education, female in Costa Rica, 2000–2018

0204060801002000200920182000: 84.8 %2001: 84.6 %2002: 86.8 %2003: 89.3 %2004: 91.3 %2005: 92.4 %2006: 91.9 %2007: 93.4 %2008: 93.8 %2009: 94.3 %2010: 93.4 %2011: 93.7 %2012: 94.7 %2013: 94.5 %2014: 94.9 %2015: 95.3 %2016: 96.4 %2017: 96.9 %2018: 97.3 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for completion rate, primary education, female in Costa Rica is 97.3%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, female in Costa Rica peaked at 97.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 84.6%, in 2001.

That places Costa Rica 8th out of 42 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 90.3% 84.6% 94.3% 10
2010s 95.2% 93.4% 97.3% 9

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 5 Mexico 98.3% compare
  2. 6 Bolivia 97.8% compare
  3. 7 Indonesia 97.6% compare
  4. 9 Peru 97.1% compare
  5. 10 Vietnam 97.0% compare
  6. 11 Chile 96.9% compare
  7. 11 Dominican Republic 96.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is completion rate, primary education, female in Costa Rica?
Completion rate, primary education, female in Costa Rica was 97.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 2018.
What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 84.6% in 2001.
How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, primary education, female?
Costa Rica ranks 8th out of 42 countries with data for 2018.
Is completion rate, primary education, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Completion rate, primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
42 places, 391 data points, 1996–2019
Last refreshed

The number of persons in the relevant age group who have completed the last grade of the given level of education is expressed as a percentage of the total population (in the survey sample) of the same age group. The primary completion rate is the percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3-5 years above the intended age for the last grade of primary education who have completed that grade. The intended age for the last grade of primary education is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. For example, if the official age of entry into primary education is 6 years, and if primary education has 6 grades, the intended age for the last grade of primary education is 11 years. In this case, 14-16 years (11 + 3 = 14 and 11 + 5 = 16) would be the reference age group for calculation of the primary completion rate. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/