Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 29.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 29.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica peaked at 29.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 1973.
Costa Rica ranks 65th of 109 countries on this measure, 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 upper secondary education or in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2.9% | — |
| 2001 | 13.4% | +368.4% |
| 2002 | 14.6% | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 15.0% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 15.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16.3% | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 19.0% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 19.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18.2% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 19.4% | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 22.3% | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 21.6% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 23.9% | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 23.0% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 25.3% | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 24.2% | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 28.5% | +17.8% |
| 2021 | 26.8% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 27.3% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 28.2% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 29.9% | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 16.5% | 13.4% | 19.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 18.2% | 25.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.1% | 26.8% | 29.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica was 29.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 29.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release