Education in Costa Rica 2,495 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, both 80.2% 2024 up 105.0% 7th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 52.9% 2022 down 21.7% 45th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 44.3% 2024 — 37th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.0% 2024 up 8.8% 37th Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, both 90.9% 2024 up 51.7% 10th Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, both 84.3% 2024 up 82.5% 11th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted wealth parity 0.8756 WPIA 2024 up 78.3% 9th Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, both 93.0% 2024 up 12.5% 19th Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, both 96.3% 2024 up 2.3% 21st Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, both 82.2% 2024 up 59.3% 7th Completion rate, upper secondary education, fourth quintile, both 86.3% 2024 up 17.5% 11th Adjusted wealth parity index for completion rate, by sex, location 0.8756 2024 up 78.3% 7th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.6% 2024 up 60.7% 33rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.9% 2024 up 13.5% 34th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.2% 2024 up 127.9% 31st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, female 0.9% 2024 up 72.2% 39th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, male 0.9% 2024 up 23.2% 40th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.3% 2024 down 6.4% 37th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.8% 2024 up 17.4% 34th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.8% 2024 down 16.5% 43rd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.7% 2024 down 9.0% 41st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.8% 2024 down 14.0% 45th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, both 0.9% 2024 up 43.6% 39th Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both 94.3% 2024 up 11.5% 8th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 52.3% 2024 — 38th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 16.8% 2007 — 34th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 45.3% 2024 — 36th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 88.1% 2024 — 39th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.05 GPIA 2024 — 6th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted wealth parity 0.7193 WPIA 2024 up 74.9% 9th Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.2% 2020 down 77.0% 42nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 17.0% 2007 — 34th Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.336 GPIA 2020 down 47.9% 44th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 4.1% 2024 down 25.4% 34th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.2% 2024 down 23.9% 38th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, both 0.5% 2024 down 59.0% 43rd Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted gender 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 5.4% 15th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, female 0.5% 2024 down 69.0% 40th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, male 0.6% 2024 down 50.2% 43rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 5.1% 2024 down 23.9% 31st Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, adjusted gender 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 12.9% 23rd Completion rate, primary education, urban, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% 27th Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 0.9917 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% 31st Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 87.6% 2024 — 36th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 53.3% 2024 — 36th Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 99.6% 2024 up 22.6% 1st Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 99.2% 2024 up 21.4% 2nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 17.1% 2007 — 34th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 54.2% 2024 — 35th Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 99.1% 2024 up 15.9% 2nd Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 20.5% 1st Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 98.3% 2024 up 10.7% 6th Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 0.7183 GPIA 2023 down 26.8% 37th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 87.1% 2024 — 34th Share of students at end of lower secondary education achieving minimu 28.16 2022 down 29.8% 52nd Share of students achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math by 28.16 2022 down 29.8% 52nd Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 98.7% 2024 up 20.1% 3rd Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 38.4% 2022 down 9.9% 45th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.04 GPIA 2024 — 2nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.01 GPIA 2007 — 29th ← Previous Page 35 of 42 Next →