Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8612 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.8612 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica peaked at 0.8612 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3178 LPIA, in 1973.
That places Costa Rica 65th out of 100 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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.3178 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7527 LPIA | +136.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7693 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.776 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.776 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7853 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7918 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8027 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8198 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8239 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7956 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8089 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8164 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8164 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8224 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8276 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8153 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8244 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8356 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8424 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8596 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8387 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8379 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8594 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 0.8612 LPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3178 LPIA | 0.3178 LPIA | 0.3178 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7886 LPIA | 0.7527 LPIA | 0.8239 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8205 LPIA | 0.7956 LPIA | 0.8424 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8514 LPIA | 0.8379 LPIA | 0.8612 LPIA | 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 0.8612 LPIA 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 0.8612 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3178 LPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th out of 100 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 4.7%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release