Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 16.3% in 2007. ▬ Flat
Latest (2007)
16.3%
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
31st
of 32 countries
All-time high
17.8%
in 2005
All-time low
15.1%
in 2003
Years of data
5
2003–2007
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica, 2003–2007
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 16.3% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2007.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 8.3% over five years.
Costa Rica ranks 31st of 32 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15.1% | — |
| 2004 | 17.1% | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 17.8% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 16.5% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | -1.4% |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 16.3% in 2007, 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 17.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1% in 2003.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st out of 32 countries with data for 2007.
- 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, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release