Education in Costa Rica 2,489 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 98.8% 2023 up 3.9% 24th Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 5,724 2023 up 8.9% 43rd Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2019 — 7th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2019 — 7th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 98.5% 2023 up 2.0% 22nd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 28.3% 2024 up 25.3% 70th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 97.1% 2023 up 1.2% 25th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 1.5% 2023 down 56.4% 108th Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 1.0% 2023 down 34.6% 35th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.2 GPIA 2024 up 9.0% 34th Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 0 years 2025 — 42nd Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2023 up 0.0% 59th Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 4 years 2025 unchanged 4th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2019 — 7th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 2.9% 2023 down 28.0% 101st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 90.4% 2024 up 3.4% 72nd Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 1.04 2024 down 6.8% 20th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2023 up 26.3% 53rd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 26.7% 2024 up 24.9% 74th Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 102.0% 2018 up 14.4% 26th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 1.2% 2023 down 75.8% 104th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 48.7% 2024 up 5.4% 76th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 48.1% 2024 up 3.1% 79th Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 50.8% 2023 up 61.3% 30th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 49.2% 2024 up 7.5% 75th Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 34.7% 2023 up 5.6% 57th Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 34.7% 2023 up 5.6% 57th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 89.4% 2024 up 4.1% 70th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.8% 2023 up 84.3% 47th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2023 up 21.4% 81st Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 29.9% 2024 up 25.3% 65th Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 14,275 2023 up 107.1% 26th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.5% 2019 up 31.1% 79th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 88.6% 2024 up 4.7% 68th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% 15th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.3% 2023 up 70.5% 11th Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 9.37 2024 up 7.1% 82nd Proportion of schools with access to computers for pedagogical 87.2% 2020 — 74th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.2% 2019 down 42.0% 67th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.5% 2019 down 39.5% 77th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.2% 2019 up 195.0% 79th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% 15th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9801 GPIA 2024 up 1.2% 64th Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 20.1% 2023 down 15.6% 47th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 77.8% 2023 down 4.0% 42nd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.5819 LPIA 2024 up 18.8% 63rd Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 102.6% 2018 up 12.5% 25th Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 101.4% 2018 up 16.3% 25th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 77.2% 2024 up 8.4% 62nd Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by 92.1% 2020 — 82nd Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 20.7% 2023 up 33.3% 49th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 77.0% 2024 up 9.0% 64th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 79.7% 2023 up 6.6% 52nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 76.7% 2024 up 9.6% 64th Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted 75.1% 2020 — 37th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public 71.9% 2023 down 11.5% 49th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.5542 LPIA 2024 up 21.2% 67th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 19.1% 2023 down 6.0% 36th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.8612 LPIA 2024 up 4.7% 65th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 25.3% 2023 up 70.7% 25th ← Previous Page 24 of 42 Next →