Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male was 19.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica stood at 19.2%.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica peaked at 23.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 1973.
That places Costa Rica 75th out of 129 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 … short-cycle tertiary male in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 6.1% | — |
| 2001 | 14.1% | +129.3% |
| 2002 | 14.8% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 14.8% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 16.0% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 20.5% | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 20.7% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 20.3% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 20.7% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | -27.4% |
| 2014 | 23.4% | +55.4% |
| 2015 | 21.2% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 20.4% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 17.3% | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 20.9% | +20.6% |
| 2019 | 18.3% | -12.3% |
| 2020 | 21.2% | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 17.5% | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 17.5% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 18.0% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | +6.9% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 19.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 34.0%, 57% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 19.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.2%, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +129.3% | 6.1% | 14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.1% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 16.7% | 14.1% | 20.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.7% | 15.1% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.7% | 17.5% | 21.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.16 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.51 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37,015 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,772 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62,694 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,047 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 464,490 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica was 19.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Costa Rica ranks 75th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release