Education in Costa Rica 159 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 68.9% 2025 up 0.3% 37th Population ages 0-14 18.3% 2025 down 18.7% 135th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 104.8% 2024 up 0.7% 61st Primary education, teachers 43,058 2024 up 19.7% 90th School enrollment, primary, female 104.7% 2024 up 1.6% 57th School enrollment, primary, male 104.9% 2024 down 0.0% 62nd Labor force, total 2.43 million 2025 up 3.5% 122nd Labor force, female 40.7% 2025 up 0.2% 133rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9913 GPI 2021 up 0.9% 103rd School enrollment, secondary 121.8% 2024 up 6.6% 13th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6 per 1,000 2024 up 46.3% 76th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 up 34.6% 99th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 up 9.1% 112th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 131st Secondary education, teachers 37,015 2024 up 15.5% 101st School enrollment, secondary, female 126.3% 2024 up 7.9% 11th School enrollment, secondary, male 117.5% 2024 up 5.2% 18th School enrollment, tertiary 55.0% 2019 up 23.2% 73rd School enrollment, primary, private 10.0% 2024 up 14.1% 115th School enrollment, preprimary 95.2% 2021 up 22.2% 36th School enrollment, tertiary, male 49.8% 2019 up 25.4% 69th School enrollment, tertiary, female 60.5% 2019 up 21.2% 82nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2020 up 4.2% 40th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.18 GPI 2019 down 2.3% 104th Secondary education, teachers, female 21,434 2024 up 16.5% 94th Primary completion rate, female 105.9% 2024 up 15.9% 18th Primary completion rate, male 106.8% 2024 up 14.3% 11th Government expenditure on education, total 5.3% 2023 down 20.6% 47th Secondary education, general pupils 368,090 2018 up 14.3% 108th Lower secondary completion rate, total 61.4% 2024 up 11.4% 140th School enrollment, preprimary, female 95.8% 2021 up 22.5% 33rd School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.7% 2021 up 21.9% 39th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.3% 2023 up 4.3% 79th Government expenditure on education, total 20.4% 2023 down 10.7% 16th Secondary education, general pupils 50.2% 2018 up 0.7% 83rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 63.2% 2024 up 8.1% 142nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 59.6% 2024 up 15.0% 139th Children out of school 4.5% 2024 down 50.9% 90th Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 460,126 2024 down 3.3% 112th Secondary education, pupils 464,490 2024 up 0.9% 112th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 94.8% 2023 up 3.8% 72nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 93.8% 2023 up 4.9% 72nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 108,578 2018 up 84.5% 66th Number of under-five deaths, male 299 2024 down 16.2% 122nd Number of under-five deaths, female 242 2024 down 17.1% 121st Number of infant deaths, female 210 2024 down 17.3% 121st Number of infant deaths, male 258 2024 down 15.4% 121st Children out of school, female 4.8% 2024 down 49.3% 90th Children out of school, male 4.1% 2024 down 52.4% 99th Secondary education, vocational pupils 52.3% 2018 up 3.0% 20th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 110.8% 2018 up 7.6% 39th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 12.7% 67th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.8% 2025 down 24.7% 63rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 18.7% 64th Primary education, teachers 79.6% 2024 up 0.1% 89th Repeaters, primary, total 2.3% 2018 down 67.1% 93rd Page 1 of 3 Next →