Education in Costa Rica 2,495 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 0.5% 2023 up 0.6% 13th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 694.5 millions 2023 up 100.7% 27th Proportion of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and 76.2% 2020 — 31st Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 28.2% 2022 down 29.8% 52nd Net enrolment rate: pre-primary education 99.07 2023 up 38.7% 2nd Total net enrolment rate: upper secondary education 88.56 2023 up 14.1% 13th Total net enrolment rate: lower secondary education 93.64 2023 up 6.9% 16th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 419.1 millions 2023 up 39.8% 29th Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 694.5 millions 2023 up 39.9% 30th Number of out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age 17,707 2023 down 52.5% 17th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age 11.44 2023 down 48.9% 23rd Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.3116 LPIA 2020 up 38.2% 37th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 6.36 2023 down 48.7% 19th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.7% 2020 up 23.0% 50th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.1809 LPIA 2020 down 20.8% 50th Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.1% 2020 down 73.8% 52nd Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.3805 GPIA 2020 down 62.2% 52nd Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+ 0.1% 2020 down 73.8% 51st Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP 1.32 2021 up 5.6% 4th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 37.4% 2024 down 12.0% 53rd Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 0.6% 2024 down 19.1% 53rd Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development 62.6% 2024 up 8.9% 1st Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary 13.0% 2010 down 20.8% 24th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary 26.2% 2010 up 55.0% 32nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary 22.3% 2010 up 38.4% 34th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with tertiary 18.1% 2010 up 35.4% 21st Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. 17.5% 2010 up 29.2% 27th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with tertiary 25.6% 2010 up 69.4% 29th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary 24.2% 2010 up 62.4% 27th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary 18.4% 2010 up 17.3% 35th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with tertiary 18.4% 2010 up 18.1% 34th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with tertiary 18.5% 2010 up 16.9% 34th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with tertiary 18.5% 2010 up 15.5% 31st Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary 16.2% 2010 up 9.6% 32nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary 16.6% 2010 up 8.1% 28th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with tertiary 16.2% 2010 up 36.8% 29th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary 16.6% 2010 up 30.8% 30th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary 17.6% 2010 up 80.8% 11th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with tertiary 16.4% 2010 up 53.7% 24th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with tertiary 17.5% 2010 up 132.8% 12th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary 16.4% 2010 up 94.1% 25th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.5% 2010 down 89.9% 68th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.3% 2010 down 93.8% 77th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary 17.6% 2010 up 30.2% 49th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. 16.8% 2010 up 24.3% 49th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary 18.1% 2010 down 9.1% 51st Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary 14.6% 2010 down 20.9% 51st Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary 27.9% 2010 up 55.2% 55th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary 24.1% 2010 up 39.0% 58th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with tertiary 19.2% 2010 up 35.5% 45th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. 18.8% 2010 up 29.5% 41st Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with tertiary 27.1% 2010 up 69.8% 45th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary 26.1% 2010 up 63.4% 43rd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary 19.6% 2010 up 17.5% 54th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with tertiary 19.8% 2010 up 18.6% 47th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with tertiary 19.6% 2010 up 17.2% 51st Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with tertiary 19.8% 2010 up 15.9% 45th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary 17.1% 2010 up 10.0% 50th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary 17.8% 2010 up 8.7% 45th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with tertiary 17.1% 2010 up 36.6% 47th ← Previous Page 31 of 42 Next →