Education in Costa Rica

2,502 indicators covering education for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, female 85.5% 2024 up 68.9% 9th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, male 82.9% 2024 up 101.7% 8th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile 95.6% 2024 up 7.5% 5th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile 94.0% 2024 up 2.6% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, fourth quintile 92.6% 2024 down 0.1% 7th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes 97.0% 2024 down 0.3% 10th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, female 97.7% 2024 up 0.2% 9th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% 11th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, male 96.2% 2024 down 0.6% 11th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban 0.9988 GPIA 2024 up 39.8% 13th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 0.9828 GPIA 2024 down 7.7% 33rd
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 6.1% 2023 down 63.0% 30th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 5.1% 2023 down 68.7% 30th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 7.1% 2023 down 57.2% 28th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile 97.0% 2024 up 12.3% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8078 NPIA 2024 35th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 46.0% 1st
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, both sexes 88.7% 2024 down 0.9% 8th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, female 91.8% 2024 up 0.6% 6th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% 5th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, male 86.4% 2024 down 2.0% 9th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, male 78.6% 2024 up 86.6% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, male 78.7% 2024 up 120.0% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, female 85.4% 2024 up 37.2% 4th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, fourth quintile, male 81.8% 2024 up 27.5% 8th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, male 92.6% 2024 up 11.6% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, fourth quintile, female 91.0% 2024 up 9.2% 7th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 4.7% 2024 up 418.7% 30th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 9.1% 2024 up 105.9% 25th
Total net attendance rate, primary, both sexes 99.2% 2024 up 0.1% 5th
Total net attendance rate, primary, female 99.3% 2024 up 0.1% 7th
Total net attendance rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 22nd
Total net attendance rate, primary, male 99.2% 2024 up 0.1% 3rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female 95.9% 2024 up 11.1% 6th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile 98.3% 2024 up 4.3% 6th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, fourth quintile 95.7% 2024 up 11.8% 11th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile 98.4% 2024 up 6.6% 10th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile 98.3% 2024 up 2.9% 6th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, fourth quintile 95.4% 2024 up 17.6% 9th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, fourth quintile 96.0% 2024 up 7.1% 12th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, fourth quintile 87.7% 2024 up 24.5% 3rd
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 0.8201 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% 27th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.8% 2024 up 154.2% 28th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.4% 2024 25th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, male 88.0% 2024 up 59.9% 6th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, male 86.5% 2024 up 48.1% 13th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female 93.4% 2024 up 25.5% 12th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, female 94.1% 2024 up 6.2% 13th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, male 92.0% 2024 up 20.3% 14th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, female 97.0% 2024 up 3.0% 15th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, male 95.5% 2024 up 1.6% 15th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, fourth 0.9% 2024 up 52.0% 23rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, richest 0.5% 2024 26th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, second quintile, female 93.6% 2024 up 43.8% 5th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.3% 2024 down 31.7% 33rd
Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, both sexes 100.0% 2024 up 2.0% 1st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, middle quintile 90.7% 2024 up 21.4% 11th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, middle quintile 84.9% 2024 up 47.4% 5th
Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, female 100.0% 2024 up 2.5% 1st
Completion rate, primary education, rural, poorest quintile, both 99.5% 2024 up 14.5% 2nd