Education in Costa Rica

2,502 indicators covering education for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, second quintile, both 96.8% 2024 down 0.3% 11th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, middle quintile, both 95.9% 2024 down 1.1% 12th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, richest quintile, both 98.8% 2024 down 1.2% 11th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, poorest quintile, both 96.7% 2024 up 1.6% 6th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, adjusted wealth parity 0.9778 WPIA 2024 up 2.8% 6th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, second quintile, both 89.1% 2024 up 5.1% 8th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, middle quintile, both 89.2% 2024 down 5.0% 8th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, fourth quintile, both 88.5% 2024 down 4.8% 13th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, poorest quintile, both 86.6% 2024 up 2.9% 6th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, richest quintile, both 94.9% 2024 down 4.4% 7th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, adjusted wealth parity 0.9128 WPIA 2024 up 7.7% 8th
Total net attendance rate, primary, second quintile, both sexes 99.3% 2024 up 0.4% 4th
Total net attendance rate, primary, middle quintile, both sexes 98.9% 2024 down 0.4% 11th
Total net attendance rate, primary, fourth quintile, both sexes 99.0% 2024 down 1.0% 12th
Total net attendance rate, primary, poorest quintile, both sexes 99.4% 2024 up 0.6% 2nd
Total net attendance rate, primary, richest quintile, both sexes 99.6% 2024 up 0.1% 10th
Total net attendance rate, primary education, adjusted wealth parity 0.9983 WPIA 2024 up 0.5% 1st
Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, both 100.0% 2023 up 0.8% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.5% 2007 36th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 1.13 GPIA 2024 21st
Teachers (full database) — Classroom teachers (ISCED 0-4) and 13,929 Persons 2024 up 44.7% 21st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.849 NPIA 2024 32nd
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 1.09 GPIA 2024 1st
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 98.6% 2024 up 58.5% 3rd
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2024 up 36.1% 1st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, richest 0.0% 2024 24th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.07 GPIA 2024 4th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 9.1% 2023 down 65.8% 21st
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 7.7% 2023 down 70.9% 20th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 96.1% 2023 up 42.4% 10th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile 96.8% 2023 up 28.0% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 14.2% 2007 30th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 6.1% 2023 down 76.8% 20th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, poorest quintile 96.7% 2024 up 4.5% 4th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, rural, poorest quintile 87.3% 2024 up 14.3% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth 0.716 WPIA 2023 up 92.5% 3rd
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, second quintile, both sexes 100.0% 2024 up 1.0% 1st
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, middle quintile, both sexes 100.0% 2024 up 0.5% 1st
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, poorest quintile, both 99.1% 2024 up 1.6% 4th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, second quintile 94.9% 2024 up 1.8% 11th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, middle quintile 93.0% 2024 down 1.6% 13th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, rural, second quintile 84.5% 2024 up 2.2% 8th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile 91.9% 2023 up 80.6% 2nd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 18.1% 2007 28th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, rural, middle quintile 90.0% 2024 up 5.2% 5th
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, fourth quintile 97.1% 2024 up 0.3% 8th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 94.9% 2023 up 29.6% 8th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile 89.8% 2023 up 42.8% 4th
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, fourth quintile, both sexes 98.3% 2024 up 0.4% 14th
Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, rural, fourth quintile 95.8% 2023 up 8.4% 4th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile 94.2% 2023 up 8.9% 11th
Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, female 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.6% 2007 30th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural 2 WPIA 2024 up 1,886.1% 1st
Completion rate, primary education, rural, adjusted wealth parity 0.969 WPIA 2023 up 12.2% 6th
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary 100.0% 2023 up 8.2% 1st
Total net attendance rate, primary, rural, richest quintile, both 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Total net attendance rate, primary education, rural, adjusted wealth 0.991 WPIA 2024 up 1.6% 5th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth 0.8306 WPIA 2023 up 42.7% 9th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 3.6% 2023 up 350.0% 19th