Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.9629 NPIA in 2007. ▼ Falling
Latest (2007)
0.9629 NPIA
Change on year
down 5.3%
World rank
21st
of 32 countries
All-time high
1.15 NPIA
in 2004
All-time low
0.9629 NPIA
in 2007
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 NPIA.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.9629 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2007. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 7.0% over five years.
Costa Rica ranks 21st of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1.04 NPIA | — |
| 2004 | 1.15 NPIA | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 1.11 NPIA | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 1.02 NPIA | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9629 NPIA | -5.3% |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.77 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (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 0.9629 NPIA 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 1.15 NPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9629 NPIA in 2007.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Costa Rica ranks 21st 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release