Education in Costa Rica 2,447 indicators covering education for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 110.8% 2018 up 7.6% 39th Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 97.8% 2025 up 4.1% 77th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.7% 61st Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 100.0% 2025 up 3.3% 1st Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 98.9% 2025 up 3.7% 60th Teachers in secondary education, female 21,434 2024 up 16.5% 94th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 57.9% 2024 up 0.9% 105th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 27.0% 2024 up 18.6% 23rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 52.7% 2025 up 12.5% 90th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.17 modelled data 2025 down 0.2% 40th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 63.5% 2025 up 12.2% 91st Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 58.0% 2025 up 12.3% 89th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 70.0% 2025 up 11.4% 102nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.11 modelled data 2025 down 0.3% 36th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 78.8% 2025 up 11.1% 103rd Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 74.3% 2025 up 11.2% 101st Teachers in secondary education, male 15,581 2024 up 14.2% 100th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 18.7% 64th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 12.7% 67th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.8% 2025 down 24.7% 63rd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 49.8% 2019 up 25.4% 69th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 60.5% 2019 up 21.2% 82nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.18 GPIA 2019 down 2.3% 104th Primary education, teachers 79.6% 2024 up 0.1% 89th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 11,647 number 2019 up 47.2% 76th Repeaters, primary, total 2.3% 2018 down 67.1% 93rd School life expectancy, tertiary, female 2.98 years 2019 up 19.5% 84th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.17 GPIA 2019 down 2.5% 107th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.46 years 2019 up 24.0% 73rd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.1% 2019 up 241.3% 178th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 15.78 years 2019 up 15.4% 52nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 106.4% 2024 up 15.1% 15th Persistence to grade 5, total 95.4% 2023 up 3.9% 66th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 94.3% 2023 up 4.3% 81st Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 455 2024 up 33.0% 103rd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 253 2024 up 19.9% 110th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 82 2024 up 1.2% 118th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 55 2024 down 6.8% 121st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 110.5% 2018 up 6.8% 42nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 111.1% 2018 up 8.4% 32nd Children not in school 0.3078 2024 down 97.0% 167th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.08 years 2024 up 35.8% 80th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.07 years 2024 up 35.6% 78th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% 93rd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 94.1% 2024 up 0.9% 130th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 721.03 2024 up 22.2% 59th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 11,574 2024 up 41.6% 77th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2019 up 1.9% 51st World population level education 2.24 million 2100 up 3.0% 122nd Total number of people aged 15 with no education in millions by contin 9,900 2100 down 36.9% 122nd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2006 2100 down 33.3% 121st Projections of the number of children per woman by education scenario 0.82 2100 down 4.5% 177th Repeaters, primary, male 2.7% 2018 down 67.2% 90th Repeaters, primary, female 1.9% 2018 down 67.1% 91st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.26 years 2019 up 16.8% 54th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 2.1% 85th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.31 years 2019 up 14.1% 52nd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 93.3% 2019 down 0.6% 131st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 105.9% 2024 up 15.9% 18th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 106.8% 2024 up 14.3% 11th ← Previous Page 5 of 41 Next →