Costa Rica's adult literacy rose from 92.6 % in 1984 to 97.4 % in 2011.
Costa Rica's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 105.3 % in 2002 to 104.8 % in 2024.
Costa Rica · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Costa Rica's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 97.2 % in 1984 to 80.6 % in 2018.
Costa Rica's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 65.6 % in 2002 to 121.8 % in 2024.
Costa Rica's tertiary enrolment rose from 25.8 % in 2004 to 55.0 % in 2019.
Costa Rica's children out of school, primary rose from 14,145 in 2011 to 19,701 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +5.7 pts12th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.4 pts37th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)down −1.2 pts38th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.3 pts39th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs39th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs82nd of 145
- Learning povertyup +1.6 pts7th of 41*
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- Education spendingdown −0.2 pts22nd of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.2 pts14th of 113
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +5.0 %11th of 90