Education in Costa Rica 855 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling among adults 8.84 years 2023 up 3.1% 116th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 8.84 years 2023 up 3.1% 116th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 8.84 years 2023 up 3.1% 116th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 12.6% 2024 up 6.1% 157th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 8.74 years 2023 up 2.0% 122nd Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 15.8 years 2023 up 13.7% 39th Primary completion rate, male 106.8% 2024 up 14.3% 11th Primary completion rate, female 105.9% 2024 up 15.9% 18th Duration of compulsory education 13 years 2025 unchanged 17th Official entrance age to compulsory education 4 years 2025 unchanged 171st 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 127.6% 2019 up 18.2% 3rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 13.72 years 2019 up 16.6% 16th School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.7% 2021 up 21.9% 39th School enrollment, preprimary, female 95.8% 2021 up 22.5% 33rd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.3% 2023 up 4.3% 79th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 2.82 years 2019 up 23.3% 57th 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 136,907 number 2019 up 25.6% 100th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 95.5% 2024 up 5.1% 114th Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, pupils 460,126 2024 down 3.3% 112th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 464,490 2024 up 0.9% 112th Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 4.5% 2024 down 50.9% 94th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 125.1% 2019 up 16.3% 2nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 130.3% 2019 up 20.2% 4th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 13.5 years 2019 up 15.1% 19th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.7% 30th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 13.95 years 2019 up 18.2% 14th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 93.8% 2023 up 4.9% 72nd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 94.8% 2023 up 3.8% 72nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 108,578 2018 up 84.5% 66th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 95.2% 2024 up 5.2% 95th 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, male 258 2024 down 15.4% 121st Number of infant deaths, female 210 2024 down 17.3% 121st School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.55 years 2019 up 25.2% 51st School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2019 down 2.8% 84th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.11 years 2019 up 21.7% 59th Teachers in primary education, female 33,658 number 2019 up 45.3% 80th Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9928 index 2024 up 0.2% 125th Children out of school, female 4.8% 2024 down 49.3% 90th Children out of school, male 4.1% 2024 down 52.4% 99th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 66,934 number 2019 up 25.8% 100th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 10.7% 2019 down 19.9% 153rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 52.3% 2018 up 3.0% 20th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 22.1% 2018 up 44.8% 42nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.55 years 2019 up 15.6% 26th Productivity vs. educational attainment 27.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 49.8% 64th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 110.8% 2018 up 7.6% 39th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 27.0% 2024 up 18.6% 23rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 18.7% 64th ← Previous Page 2 of 15 Next →