Costa Rica - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Costa Rica was 104.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 104.59 in 2020, while its lowest value was 74.34 in 1990.

Definition: 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
1970 74.35
1971 74.52
1972 83.95
1973 87.88
1974 86.75
1975 85.07
1976 81.29
1977 89.11
1978 86.46
1979 84.24
1980 84.93
1981 88.31
1982 88.68
1983 82.16
1984 75.14
1985 78.16
1986 78.51
1987 75.52
1988 75.69
1989 74.94
1990 74.34
1991 79.10
1992 81.14
1993 83.07
1994 81.71
1995 80.55
1996 81.92
1999 82.95
2000 88.32
2001 91.27
2002 93.49
2004 94.08
2005 93.51
2006 90.27
2007 92.70
2008 94.49
2009 97.95
2010 99.33
2011 104.36
2012 102.41
2013 98.65
2014 98.43
2015 99.59
2016 97.32
2017 96.78
2018 98.59
2019 102.74
2020 104.59

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes