Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male was 100.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in Costa Rica, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 100.0% for completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in Costa Rica peaked at 100.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 80.5%, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 1st out of 26 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80.5% | — |
| 2001 | 84.2% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 84.9% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 95.3% | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 96.9% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 91.5% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 89.9% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 97.1% | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 95.3% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 97.6% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 92.0% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 98.6% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 98.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 93.5% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.5% | 80.5% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.8% | 92.0% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37,015 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,772 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62,694 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,047 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in Costa Rica?
- Completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male in Costa Rica was 100.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.5% in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 26 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, rural, richest quintile, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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, rural, richest quintile, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release