Education in Costa Rica 2,489 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 2.9% 2023 up 8.7% 113th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 51.2% 2024 down 5.9% 102nd Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 97.2% 2024 up 1.7% 61st Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 53.4% 2024 down 2.7% 92nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 — 57th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 11.0% 2023 down 26.3% 70th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2023 down 24.5% 93rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2023 up 33.4% 74th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 27.5% 2023 down 13.8% 18th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% 14th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 21.6% 2023 up 33.9% 10th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 — 58th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 53.4% 2024 down 2.7% 92nd Qualified and trained teachers 96.8 2020 up 0.9% 43rd Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 97.1% 2024 up 1.7% 77th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 78.9% 2020 down 1.7% 57th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 11.9% 2023 down 1.9% 96th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.8% 2023 up 57.8% 58th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 3.2% 2023 up 40.5% 105th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 2.4% 2023 down 25.6% 114th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 36.2% 2023 up 6.0% 22nd Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.9% 68th Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 82.9% 2023 down 5.4% 24th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.9% 2023 down 24.7% 97th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 17.1% 2023 up 37.7% 98th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 13.5% 2023 down 24.7% 73rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.8% 2023 down 18.1% 64th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.3% 2023 up 76.2% 62nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2023 down 4.4% 78th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 3.1% 48th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2023 down 3.2% 82nd Distribution of young adults' education and work status, for a given 2.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 68.9% 28th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.2% 2023 down 49.5% 100th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.5% 2023 up 144.9% 95th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% 13th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.9% 2023 down 2.3% 87th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.1% 2023 up 30.9% 46th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.2% 2023 down 18.8% 104th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 1.3% 2023 up 76.1% 56th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.5% 2023 up 60.9% 12th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 18.0% 2023 down 28.8% 22nd Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 20.4% 2023 down 15.2% 31st Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) -994 2020 up 49.5% 76th Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 0.8% 2023 up 4.8% 48th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 36.1% 2023 up 15.0% 23rd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 36.3% 2023 down 6.9% 21st Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 89.3% 2023 down 4.6% 31st Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 74.7% 2023 down 2.8% 24th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 25.3% 2023 up 9.2% 97th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 10.7% 2023 up 66.9% 88th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2023 up 23.5% 59th Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 1.2% 2023 down 1.3% 91st Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.8% 2023 down 22.0% 94th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.7% 2023 down 22.1% 97th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.5% 2023 up 168.0% 91st Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.5% 2023 up 112.2% 87th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.4% 2023 up 34.1% 62nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.8% 2023 up 10.4% 43rd Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.4% 2023 up 52.8% 50th Share of young women vs men who are not in education employment or tra 23.75 2023 down 0.3% 43rd ← Previous Page 23 of 42 Next →