Education in Costa Rica 2,495 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.9875 GPIA 2006 up 7.9% 44th Completion rate, primary education, rural, male 99.2% 2024 up 10.0% 19th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 69.2% 2023 down 10.1% 24th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 14.1% 2019 up 1.2% 37th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 21.7% 2019 down 23.7% 15th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 8.2% 2024 down 6.6% 48th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.24 LPIA 2024 down 18.7% 42nd Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both 11.3% 2024 up 7.8% 42nd Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 13.6% 2024 up 14.5% 38th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.42 GPIA 2021 down 21.8% 9th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 3.1% 2019 up 24.4% 87th Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 10.7% 2023 up 286.8% 39th Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 10.5% 2023 up 226.5% 35th Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.3345 LPIA 2006 up 16.0% 56th Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 10.3% 2023 up 268.9% 35th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 9.1% 2024 up 34.4% 41st Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 10.3% 2024 up 33.6% 38th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 97.0% 2019 up 13.7% 21st Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 97.0% 2019 up 11.7% 19th Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 1.07 GPIA 2006 up 4.0% 43rd Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 11.1% 2024 up 31.1% 34th Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.321 LPIA 2006 up 18.3% 58th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 6.2% 2024 down 53.0% 54th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 13.6% 2024 down 16.9% 40th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 19.2% 2024 up 1.1% 28th Government expenditure on secondary education as a percentage of GDP 2.12 2021 up 1.9% 4th Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 10.5% 2023 up 199.0% 34th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are trained 57.8% 2020 down 6.4% 36th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are qualified 93.0% 2020 down 0.3% 55th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 3.9% 2020 up 55.2% 46th Government expenditure on education 31.17 2021 up 35.5% 1st Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 3.5% 2020 up 83.3% 48th Number of destroyed or damaged educational facilities attributed to 20 2024 — 28th Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.2% 2020 down 58.3% 56th Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total 0.2% 2020 down 58.3% 55th Number of disruptions to educational services attributed to disasters 1 2024 — 36th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 69.9% 2024 down 9.9% 24th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 3.2% 2020 up 127.9% 50th Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP 1.89 2021 down 24.8% 10th Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 18.3% 2024 down 0.2% 12th Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are qualified 91.9% 2020 down 0.7% 55th Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.3% 2020 down 57.1% 51st Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 49.1% 2024 down 0.4% 16th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 1.0% 2024 down 0.7% 16th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 50.9% 2024 up 0.4% 47th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.8221 GPIA 2020 up 46.8% 48th Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 91.2% 2024 up 6.5% 4th Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male 0.3% 2020 down 57.1% 50th Expenditure on education (public, households, ODA) as a percentage of 9.0% 2021 down 1.8% 1st Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, female 106.3% 2024 up 15.2% 4th Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, male 76.7% 2024 down 2.9% 5th Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, urban, both sexes 105.1% 2024 up 4.0% 2nd Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, urban, female 118.3% 2024 up 13.1% 2nd Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, urban, male 92.2% 2024 down 5.5% 3rd Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 30.1% 2024 up 34.1% 43rd Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.1% 2020 up 153.3% 45th Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, rural, both sexes 55.0% 2024 up 15.4% 3rd Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, rural, female 73.6% 2024 up 24.2% 3rd Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, rural, male 38.4% 2024 up 1.9% 5th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 419.1 millions 2023 up 70.8% 28th ← Previous Page 30 of 42 Next →