Primary completion (UIS) in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, 99.6% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Costa Rica, 2024
99.6%
Change from 2023
+1.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
99.3%
Primary completion (UIS) in Costa Rica over time
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Costa Rica
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.6% |
| 2023 | 98.4% |
| 2022 | 98.1% |
| 2021 | 97.4% |
| 2020 | 97.2% |
| 2019 | 96.9% |
| 2018 | 98.5% |
| 2017 | 96.1% |
| 2016 | 95.4% |
| 2015 | 94.7% |
| 2014 | 94.5% |
| 2013 | 93.4% |
| 2012 | 93.5% |
| 2011 | 93.5% |
| 2010 | 91.3% |
| 2009 | 92.0% |
| 2008 | 91.2% |
| 2007 | 90.9% |
| 2006 | 89.9% |
| 2005 | 90.7% |
| 2004 | 89.9% |
| 2003 | 87.6% |
| 2002 | 85.0% |
| 2001 | 82.9% |
| 2000 | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 98.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 94.5%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
More for Costa Rica
All statistics for Costa Rica
Lower secondary completion
90.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
106.4%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
18.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
81.7%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
4.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
7.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS