Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.4526 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica is 0.4526 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica peaked at 0.4526 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2694 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Costa Rica 36th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.2694 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.2985 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3161 LPIA | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.2985 LPIA | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2785 LPIA | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3109 LPIA | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2986 LPIA | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4149 LPIA | +39.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4177 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4059 LPIA | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3931 LPIA | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4195 LPIA | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 0.4526 LPIA | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2958 LPIA | 0.2694 LPIA | 0.3161 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4079 LPIA | 0.3931 LPIA | 0.4177 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.436 LPIA | 0.4195 LPIA | 0.4526 LPIA | 2 |
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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 educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica was 0.4526 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4526 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2694 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release