Womens educational attainment vs fertility in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Womens educational attainment vs fertility was 1.33 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Womens educational attainment vs fertility in Costa Rica, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1.33 for womens educational attainment vs fertility in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, womens educational attainment vs fertility in Costa Rica peaked at 6.73 in 1959 and was at its lowest, 1.33, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 201st of 229 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.55 | 6.32 | 6.73 | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.94 | 4.83 | 6.71 | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.96 | 3.65 | 4.58 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.46 | 3.24 | 3.58 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.81 | 2.48 | 3.17 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.09 | 1.94 | 2.41 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 | 1.6 | 1.88 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.37 | 1.33 | 1.45 | 4 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,058 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.77 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is womens educational attainment vs fertility in Costa Rica?
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility in Costa Rica was 1.33 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest womens educational attainment vs fertility recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 6.73 in 1959.
- What is the lowest womens educational attainment vs fertility recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.33 in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for womens educational attainment vs fertility?
- Costa Rica ranks 201st out of 229 countries with data for 2023.
- Is womens educational attainment vs fertility rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Womens educational attainment vs fertility. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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