Education in Costa Rica 2,489 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% 23rd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 86.6% 2024 up 4.6% 91st Poverty vs mean schooling 10.46 2040 up 7.2% 89th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes 1.5% 2018 up 34.4% 145th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 85.7% 2024 up 5.3% 87th Completion rate, primary education, female 99.7% 2024 up 5.1% 10th Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 86.6% 2024 up 4.6% 91st Initial government funding per pre-primary student, constant PPP$ 5,743 2023 up 50.0% 41st Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) -1,473 2020 down 29.0% 81st Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 85.7% 2024 up 5.3% 87th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, female 0.8% 2015 up 43.3% 80th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 1.2% 2015 up 45.0% 75th Completion rate, primary education, both sexes 99.6% 2024 up 5.4% 13th Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 58.9% 2024 up 0.3% 46th Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in formal and 1.07 2024 down 3.1% 45th Completion rate, primary education, male 99.4% 2024 up 5.6% 14th Proportion of total government spending on essential services 18.0% 2023 down 28.8% 17th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9902 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% 68th Government expenditure on secondary education, PPP$ 2,537 millions 2023 up 56.7% 59th Adults' educational attainment distribution, by age group and gender 100 Percentage of population in the same sex and age 2025 unchanged 1st Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 2,483 millions 2023 up 41.2% 56th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 2,537 millions 2023 up 9.2% 61st Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 29 number 2019 down 89.1% 105th Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 2,483 millions 2023 down 1.6% 58th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 20.4% 2024 down 13.1% 75th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 20.4% 2024 down 13.1% 75th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 49.7% 2024 up 1.6% 44th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 1.0% 2024 up 3.1% 44th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 50.3% 2024 down 1.5% 101st Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary 12.28 2018 down 19.4% 74th 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 98.5 2020 up 4.6% 27th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 19.2% 2024 down 17.8% 75th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 19.2% 2024 down 17.8% 75th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 21.6% 2024 down 8.5% 75th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 21.6% 2024 down 8.5% 75th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 0 2018 — 16th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 0 2018 — 14th Mean years of schooling long run 9.12 2020 up 8.2% 60th Share of the population with completed tertiary education 19.5 2020 down 6.2% 42nd Share of population 15 years and older with no education 1.8 2020 down 33.3% 71st Population having attained at least basic education 98.2 2020 up 0.9% 37th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 0 2018 — 16th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 10.0% 57th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 53.7% 2019 down 4.0% 75th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 1.1% 2019 down 6.1% 75th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 46.3% 2019 up 5.0% 62nd Percentage of lower secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV 80.4% 2020 — 39th Adults' gender distribution, by educational attainment level and age 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 — 61st Government expenditure per student, tertiary 37.5% 2018 up 24.5% 38th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 52.4% 2024 down 4.2% 100th Share of the population with at least some secondary education 52.39 2024 down 4.2% 100th Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in public institutions 98.1% 2019 — 12th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 24.9% 2023 down 5.0% 15th Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 93.1% 2020 up 27.2% 95th Government expenditure per student, secondary 21.1% 2018 up 18.4% 48th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 52.4% 2024 down 4.2% 100th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 51.2% 2024 down 5.9% 102nd Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 97.1% 2024 up 1.7% 67th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.5% 2023 up 26.3% 91st ← Previous Page 22 of 42 Next →