Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 99.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Costa Rica, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Costa Rica stood at 99.2%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Costa Rica peaked at 99.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.8%, in 2012.
Costa Rica ranks 6th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.3% | 68.8% | 89.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 95.5% | 91.8% | 99.2% | 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 share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Costa Rica?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-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 share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.8% in 2012.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Costa Rica ranks 6th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.