Net attendance rate of primary school in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Net attendance rate of primary school was 99.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Net attendance rate of primary school in Costa Rica, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 99.2% for net attendance rate of primary school in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net attendance rate of primary school in Costa Rica peaked at 99.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 97.2%, in 2002.
That places Costa Rica 5th out of 36 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.3% | 97.2% | 99.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.3% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 43,058 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.32 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net attendance rate of primary school in Costa Rica?
- Net attendance rate of primary school in Costa Rica was 99.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.2% in 2002.
- How does Costa Rica rank for net attendance rate of primary school?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net attendance rate of primary school rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net attendance rate of primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.