Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.5063 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 0.5063 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Costa Rica peaked at 0.5063 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.288 LPIA, in 2001.
Costa Rica ranks 34th of 80 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.288 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.3036 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3404 LPIA | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3255 LPIA | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3046 LPIA | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3205 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.318 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4619 LPIA | +45.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4902 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 0.462 LPIA | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4466 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4764 LPIA | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 0.5063 LPIA | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3144 LPIA | 0.288 LPIA | 0.3404 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4652 LPIA | 0.4466 LPIA | 0.4902 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4914 LPIA | 0.4764 LPIA | 0.5063 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 0.5063 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 0.5063 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.288 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th out of 80 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 9.6%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release