Education in Costa Rica 2,502 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.2% 2007 — 34th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 74.8% 2024 — 31st Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male 100.0% 2023 up 1.4% 1st Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 18.1% 2022 down 23.1% 44th Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile 86.9% 2023 up 12.6% 7th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 27th Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, richest quintile 96.4% 2023 down 2.8% 9th Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted 1.02 WPIA 2023 up 13.9% 1st Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.2719 WPIA 2023 up 106.5% 15th Total net attendance rate, upper secondary, rural, richest quintile 97.4% 2023 up 6.4% 4th Total net attendance rate, upper secondary education, rural, adjusted 0.9343 WPIA 2023 up 13.2% 7th Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile 100.0% 2023 up 50.4% 1st Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.9% 2007 — 34th Teachers in early childhood educational development programmes, both 1,634 2024 up 89.6% 26th Teachers in early childhood educational development programmes, female 1,372 2024 up 86.7% 26th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.605 NPIA 2022 up 6.7% 41st Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural 0.1525 WPIA 2017 up 24.0% 21st Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.641 GPIA 2007 — 34th Percentage of teachers in early childhood educational development who 84.0% 2024 down 1.5% 35th Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.4% 2007 — 29th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 1.01 GPIA 2024 — 3rd Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 18.1% 2022 down 19.8% 44th Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 0.8134 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% 46th Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 22.3% 2022 down 20.2% 42nd Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 11.6% 2024 — 31st Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 0.6636 NPIA 2024 — 31st Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 8.7% 2023 up 67.3% 11th Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 19th Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 12.7% 2024 — 29th Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 3.9% 2023 down 44.3% 15th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 53.6% 2022 down 27.6% 43rd Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary achieving at 1.02 GPIA 2022 down 13.6% 51st Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 52.3% 2022 down 13.3% 39th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 53.4% 2022 down 21.6% 41st Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 55.2% 2022 down 19.8% 39th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.7427 LTPIA 2022 down 11.3% 20th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 39.7% 2022 down 30.5% 36th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 39.1% 2022 down 28.0% 37th Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 0.7092 NPIA 2022 down 10.3% 28th Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 41.2% 2022 down 17.8% 41st Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 1.13 GPIA 2022 down 12.7% 32nd Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 35.8% 2022 up 1.4% 40th ← Previous Page 42 of 42