Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 32.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica stood at 32.7%.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 90.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica peaked at 33.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 2009.
That places Costa Rica 56th out of 158 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 27.2% | — |
| 1999 | 19.9% | -27.0% |
| 2000 | 25.7% | +29.5% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 24.9% | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 22.9% | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 23.4% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | -23.9% |
| 2007 | 17.6% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 17.5% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 20.7% | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 28.5% | +38.1% |
| 2014 | 30.5% | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 32.7% | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 33.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 31.6% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 32.7% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.5% | 19.9% | 27.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.5% | 17.2% | 25.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 17.5% | 33.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 53 Mexico 34.6% compare
- 54 Kyrgyzstan 34.5% compare
- 55 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 33.1% compare
- 57 Niger 32.1% compare
- 58 Andorra 30.8% compare
- 59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 29.7% compare
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 upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica was 32.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 33.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 2009.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Costa Rica ranks 56th out of 158 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.1%. 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 Share of all students in upper 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 upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper 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.