Education in Costa Rica 2,476 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,058 2024 up 19.7% 90th Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Duration of pre primary education 2 2025 unchanged 146th Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 2025 unchanged 14th Population ages 15-64 68.9% 2025 up 0.3% 39th Population ages 0-14 18.3% 2025 down 18.7% 137th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.77 2024 up 0.7% 68th School enrollment, primary 104.8% 2024 up 0.7% 61st Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0084 units per person 2024 up 11.2% 19th Primary education, teachers 43,058 2024 up 19.7% 90th Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.32 2024 down 26.8% 202nd Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.6% 116th School enrollment, primary, female 104.7% 2024 up 1.6% 57th School enrollment, primary, male 104.9% 2024 down 0.0% 62nd Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -0.3745 % change on previous year 2023 up 90.4% 56th Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 1.33 2023 down 25.2% 201st Womens educational attainment vs fertility 1.33 2023 down 25.2% 201st Labor force, total, per capita 0.471 units per person 2025 down 3.2% 86th Labor force, total 2.43 million 2025 up 3.5% 122nd Labor force, female 40.7% 2025 up 0.2% 133rd Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 104.77 2024 up 0.7% 65th School completion, annual growth rate 0.1417 % change on previous year 2025 down 81.9% 78th School completion, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 43.1% 94th Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 43.2% 129th School completion 98.94 2025 up 3.7% 60th Labor force, total, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year 2025 up 283.6% 105th Primary education, teachers, annual growth rate -1.92 % change on previous year 2024 down 3,527.2% 153rd Secondary education, teachers, gaps filled 37,015 2024 up 15.5% 101st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9913 GPI 2021 up 0.9% 103rd Human capital composite index 0.9159 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2024 down 0.7% 22nd 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 132nd Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.8598 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% 67th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 58.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.6% 97th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 39.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 11.8% 52nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 1.45 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 47.5% 68th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.4% 75th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 18.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 25.8% 83rd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0203 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.2% 79th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 7.63 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 22.7% 72nd Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, annual growth rate -1.3 % change on previous year 2024 up 3.3% 167th Secondary education, teachers, per capita 0.0072 units per person 2024 up 7.3% 70th 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 Secondary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.9% 133rd School enrollment, primary, private 10.0% 2024 up 14.1% 115th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 36,632 number 2020 up 1.1% 117th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 34,962 number 2020 up 1.0% 117th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 71,594 number 2020 up 1.0% 117th School age population, tertiary education, male 196,350 number 2019 down 10.4% 113th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 384,589 number 2019 down 10.5% 113th School age population, tertiary education, female 188,239 number 2019 down 10.7% 113th Page 1 of 42 Next →