Education in Costa Rica

2,495 indicators covering education for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary 16.0% 2010 down 7.6% 106th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with secondary 20.0% 2010 up 42.3% 76th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary 18.8% 2010 up 36.9% 84th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary 20.0% 2010 up 83.5% 75th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary 18.8% 2010 up 70.6% 80th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary 12.5% 2010 up 45.9% 77th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with secondary 12.5% 2010 up 39.5% 88th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with secondary 12.5% 2010 up 83.5% 75th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with secondary 12.5% 2010 up 78.6% 80th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary 65.4% 2010 up 18.0% 85th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary 57.9% 2010 up 9.3% 97th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary 29.4% 2010 down 11.6% 108th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. 28.9% 2010 down 10.9% 114th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary 50.2% 2010 up 30.4% 88th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary 47.0% 2010 up 24.6% 98th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with secondary 33.4% 2010 down 0.9% 102nd
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary 35.0% 2010 up 6.0% 105th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary 23.6% 2010 down 15.4% 102nd
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with secondary schooling. 23.6% 2010 down 13.4% 115th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with secondary 27.0% 2010 down 24.4% 112th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with secondary 26.9% 2010 down 21.0% 117th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary 23.4% 2010 down 37.1% 110th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary 23.8% 2010 down 33.2% 119th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary 23.4% 2010 down 27.6% 106th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary 23.8% 2010 down 24.2% 117th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with secondary 28.4% 2010 up 11.1% 90th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary 26.6% 2010 up 4.7% 99th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary 28.4% 2010 up 35.9% 88th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary 26.6% 2010 up 25.3% 92nd
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary 18.6% 2010 up 10.4% 87th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with secondary 18.8% 2010 up 8.5% 98th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with secondary 18.6% 2010 up 39.9% 84th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with secondary 18.8% 2010 up 41.3% 91st
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.3% 2010 down 93.9% 42nd
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.1% 2010 down 96.2% 53rd
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary 15.7% 2010 up 24.2% 22nd
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. 14.7% 2010 up 18.6% 30th
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary 16.5% 2010 down 9.1% 22nd
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.5% 2020 up 209.6% 40th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are qualified 57.6% 2020 up 0.5% 34th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.4603 LPIA 2020 up 72.8% 24th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.52 GPIA 2020 up 97.1% 5th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.3% 2020 down 62.0% 45th
Percentage of schools with basic sanitation services - SDG 4.a.1 85.07 2023 up 26.5% 21st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.6231 GPIA 2024 down 20.2% 46th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.9408 GPIA 2024 up 5.8% 19th
Completion rate, primary education, middle quintile, both sexes 99.7% 2024 up 3.5% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.5% 2020 down 59.2% 40th
Completion rate, primary education, second quintile, both sexes 99.7% 2024 up 5.5% 4th
Completion rate, primary education, fourth quintile, both sexes 99.4% 2024 up 0.2% 8th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 43.1% 2024 38th
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are qualified 57.8% 2020 up 0.5% 28th
Completion rate, primary education, poorest quintile, both sexes 99.3% 2024 up 11.7% 3rd
Completion rate, primary education, richest quintile, both sexes 100.0% 2024 up 1.5% 1st
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 20.4% 2022 down 19.2% 48th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.37 LPIA 2024 down 19.7% 33rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.6193 LPIA 2024 down 59.7% 46th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity index 0.9933 WPIA 2024 up 10.1% 3rd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, both 89.9% 2024 up 34.9% 17th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, both 67.8% 2024 up 94.9% 8th