Completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, primary education, male was 99.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica stood at 99.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica peaked at 99.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.6%, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 14th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80.6% | — |
| 2001 | 81.3% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 83.1% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 85.9% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 88.1% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 89.1% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 87.8% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 88.6% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 89.4% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 93.4% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 92.3% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 92.4% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 94.2% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 94.1% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 94.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 95.4% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 96.2% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 97.4% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 97.9% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 98.3% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 99.4% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.3% | 80.6% | 90.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9% | 89.4% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.8% | 96.2% | 99.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,058 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, primary education, male in Costa Rica was 99.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.6% in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, primary education, male?
- Costa Rica ranks 14th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, primary education, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release