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 ← Previous Page 41 of 42 Next →