Education in Costa Rica

2,502 indicators covering education for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, rural, male 80.8% 2024 down 0.3% 15th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, middle quintile 88.2% 2024 up 32.5% 3rd
Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, female 100.0% 2024 up 3.7% 1st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, second quintile 87.9% 2024 up 44.0% 6th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 34.4% 2024 35th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, second quintile 80.1% 2024 up 76.1% 5th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.59 WPIA 2024 up 1,154.8% 6th
Total net attendance rate, primary education, adjusted location 1 LPIA 2024 up 1.0% 8th
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, both sexes 99.5% 2024 up 0.8% 3rd
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, female 99.5% 2024 up 1.1% 6th
Total net attendance rate, primary education, rural, adjusted gender 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% 23rd
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, male 99.4% 2024 up 0.6% 3rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, middle quintile 81.1% 2024 up 67.3% 5th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 42.6% 2024 34th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.3% 2024 down 56.0% 34th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 12.7% 2024 down 46.2% 33rd
Completion rate, primary education, urban, second quintile, male 99.2% 2024 up 3.8% 2nd
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, urban, poorest quintile 86.2% 2024 down 4.6% 10th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary education, urban, adjusted 0.904 WPIA 2024 down 0.8% 9th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, urban, poorest quintile 96.6% 2024 down 1.9% 9th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted 0.9798 WPIA 2024 down 0.5% 8th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.6269 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% 30th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban, poorest 0.4% 2024 down 50.6% 29th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile 84.2% 2024 up 129.3% 6th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile 86.7% 2024 up 124.1% 4th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 97.1% 2024 up 6.1% 8th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 2.3% 2023 down 85.5% 16th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 1.5% 2023 down 85.3% 20th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 0.9% 2023 down 82.4% 22nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, second quintile 82.1% 2024 up 106.8% 4th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, second quintile 80.3% 2024 up 144.7% 4th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, second quintile 72.0% 2024 up 164.9% 5th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, urban 0.7818 WPIA 2024 up 517.0% 9th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 16.2% 2024 33rd
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.8436 NPIA 2024 32nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, middle quintile 73.7% 2024 up 107.1% 4th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, second quintile 88.0% 2024 up 123.8% 2nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, poorest quintile 84.4% 2024 up 64.0% 11th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, poorest quintile 63.8% 2024 up 54.1% 8th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 15.5% 2024 down 10.7% 29th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.3% 2024 up 0.3% 21st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.4% 2024 up 125.1% 21st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, poorest quintile 66.1% 2024 up 197.5% 4th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 13.9% 17th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, middle quintile 76.6% 2024 up 80.7% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, fourth quintile 71.2% 2024 up 58.5% 9th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, middle quintile 70.3% 2024 up 143.1% 4th
Completion rate, primary education, rural, fourth quintile, female 100.0% 2023 up 1.5% 1st
Total net attendance rate, primary, urban, poorest quintile, both 99.6% 2024 up 0.4% 3rd
Total net attendance rate, primary education, urban, adjusted wealth 1 WPIA 2024 up 0.9% 3rd
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, urban, second quintile 91.4% 2024 up 4.7% 6th
Completion rate, primary education, rural, fourth quintile, male 100.0% 2023 up 2.2% 1st
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 1.66 WPIA 2024 up 1,211.9% 5th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural 0.7787 GPIA 2024 down 35.1% 19th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 10.0% 2024 down 30.7% 30th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, second quintile 91.7% 2024 up 57.8% 3rd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile 81.1% 2024 up 134.3% 7th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, second quintile 88.2% 2024 up 58.7% 5th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, second quintile 95.2% 2024 up 55.3% 3rd