Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 48.1% 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 48.1% 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 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica peaked at 48.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.4%, in 1973.
Costa Rica ranks 79th of 108 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 | 22.4% | — |
| 2001 | 39.2% | +74.7% |
| 2002 | 38.8% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 40.5% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 41.0% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 40.7% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 40.3% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 44.1% | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 42.4% | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 43.4% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 43.3% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 43.9% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 46.5% | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 45.7% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 46.7% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 43.8% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 44.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 42.2% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 44.8% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 43.8% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 45.4% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 44.5% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 45.7% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 47.5% | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 48.1% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.4% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 41.1% | 38.8% | 44.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.5% | 42.2% | 46.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.2% | 44.5% | 48.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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 upper secondary education or in Costa Rica?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Costa Rica was 48.1% 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 48.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.4% in 1973.
- How does Costa Rica rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th out of 108 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 3.1%. 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, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release