Percentage of enrolment in early … early adjusted gender parity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Percentage of enrolment in early … early adjusted gender parity was 0.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development in Costa Rica, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.6% for percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development in Costa Rica peaked at 1.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2024.
That places Costa Rica 54th out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of enrolment in early … early adjusted gender parity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8% | — |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -23.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +54.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -36.9% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -24.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +107.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -49.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -3.8% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 63% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9%, 64% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of enrolment in early … early adjusted gender parity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +107.2% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | +54.6% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| 2013 | -49.4% | 1.5% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 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 percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development in Costa Rica?
- Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development in Costa Rica was 0.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2024.
- How does Costa Rica rank for percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development?
- Costa Rica ranks 54th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of enrolment in early childhood educational development programmes in public institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release