Education in Costa Rica

2,502 indicators covering education for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, poorest quintile 85.2% 2024 up 257.9% 3rd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, poorest quintile 84.3% 2024 up 101.1% 8th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 0.3229 GPIA 2024 down 53.5% 34th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 1.5% 2021 down 89.2% 37th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, middle quintile 87.4% 2024 up 53.4% 9th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 5.1% 2024 down 25.1% 25th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 7.0% 2024 up 27.3% 22nd
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, urban, second quintile 97.7% 2024 down 0.0% 11th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 30.5% 1st
Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, female 99.4% 2024 up 12.9% 4th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, poorest quintile 84.6% 2024 up 44.3% 12th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile 82.5% 2024 up 32.4% 16th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, middle quintile 85.4% 2024 up 68.2% 9th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, middle quintile 89.5% 2024 up 41.6% 11th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, urban, richest quintile 98.6% 2024 down 1.4% 14th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, urban, fourth quintile 98.2% 2024 down 1.1% 11th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, urban, richest quintile 95.3% 2024 down 3.8% 8th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, urban, fourth quintile 90.9% 2024 down 4.9% 13th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.9% 2024 down 10.2% 26th
Total net attendance rate, primary, urban, second quintile, both sexes 98.9% 2024 down 0.2% 8th
Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male 99.1% 2024 up 7.4% 4th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, second 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 34th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, middle 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 34th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, poorest 0.9% 2024 down 64.1% 32nd
Total net attendance rate, primary, urban, fourth quintile, both sexes 99.1% 2024 down 0.3% 13th
Total net attendance rate, primary, urban, richest quintile, both 99.5% 2024 down 0.5% 12th
Total net attendance rate, primary, urban, middle quintile, both sexes 98.5% 2024 down 1.3% 14th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, urban, middle quintile 97.0% 2024 down 0.6% 12th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, urban, middle quintile 88.9% 2024 down 5.7% 12th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 3.6% 1st
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 13.8% 2024 up 42.5% 16th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban 8.6% 2024 down 32.2% 23rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, fourth 1.7% 2024 down 17.4% 21st
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2023 up 5.3% 1st
Teachers in early childhood educational development programmes, male 261.88 2024 up 106.2% 11th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 0.2019 WPIA 2023 up 115.9% 30th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 36.9% 2024 32nd
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 14.0% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 18.6% 2024 32nd
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 1.78 WPIA 2023 up 10.4% 5th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 28.5% 1st
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 98.5% 2024 up 33.2% 2nd
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 97.6% 2024 up 7.9% 7th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile 81.4% 2024 up 58.7% 16th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, fourth quintile 76.1% 2023 up 29.2% 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 17.5% 2024 32nd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 16.3% 2007 31st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, fourth quintile 66.7% 2024 up 69.4% 10th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 1.8% 2023 down 79.8% 20th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 1.5% 2023 down 87.0% 21st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile 87.1% 2023 up 10.4% 14th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 7.1% 2023 down 68.0% 21st
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 9.5% 2023 down 60.3% 21st
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 8.3% 2023 down 64.1% 21st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 73.8% 2024 33rd
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 2.1% 2023 down 67.2% 20th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.9629 NPIA 2007 21st
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 29.9% 2022 down 28.0% 44th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 46.9% 2024 31st
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, fourth quintile, both 98.0% 2024 down 1.5% 9th