Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.849 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 0.849 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Costa Rica peaked at 0.8563 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3168 LPIA, in 1973.
That places Costa Rica 67th out of 99 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 | 0.3168 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7414 LPIA | +134.0% |
| 2002 | 0.757 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7651 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7657 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7788 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.7862 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7931 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8148 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.812 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7615 LPIA | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7974 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8041 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.826 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.801 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8012 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7868 LPIA | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8235 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8172 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8286 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8391 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8563 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8337 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.854 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.849 LPIA | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3168 LPIA | 0.3168 LPIA | 0.3168 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7793 LPIA | 0.7414 LPIA | 0.8148 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8047 LPIA | 0.7615 LPIA | 0.8286 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8464 LPIA | 0.8337 LPIA | 0.8563 LPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43,058 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 235,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
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 0.849 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 0.8563 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3168 LPIA in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 99 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 6.0%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release