Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 19.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica is 19.2%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica peaked at 19.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 2006.
That places Costa Rica 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16.5% | — |
| 1999 | 15.6% | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 16.6% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 16.0% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 14.9% | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 13.8% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 14.2% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 14.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 14.2% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 15.5% | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 16.6% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 17.6% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 19.0% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 18.8% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 17.2% | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 19.2% | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.0% | 15.6% | 16.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 13.8% | 16.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 13.8% | 19.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More education data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 460,126 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica was 19.2% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 2006.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. 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 Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.