Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9801 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica is 0.9801 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9906 GPIA in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.895 GPIA, in 1973.
That places Costa Rica 64th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.895 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9588 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9639 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9773 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9808 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9906 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9892 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9695 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9801 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9653 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9828 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9783 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.968 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9827 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9755 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9815 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9902 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9873 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9852 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9875 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9864 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9887 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9801 GPIA | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.895 GPIA | 0.895 GPIA | 0.895 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9751 GPIA | 0.9588 GPIA | 0.9906 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9794 GPIA | 0.968 GPIA | 0.9902 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9856 GPIA | 0.9801 GPIA | 0.9887 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 228,863 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 123,741 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 221,811 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.17 % change on previous year (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 34,294 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,765 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 119,754 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.39 % change on previous year (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica was 0.9801 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9906 GPIA in 2005.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.895 GPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Costa Rica ranks 64th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release