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 67.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
67.3%
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
124th
of 179 countries
All-time high
82.8%
in 2009
All-time low
66.6%
in 2017
Years of data
21
1998–2019

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, 1998–2019

0204060801998200820191998: 72.8 %1999: 80.1 %2000: 74.3 %2001: 74.1 %2002: 75.1 %2004: 77.1 %2005: 76.6 %2006: 82.2 %2007: 82.4 %2008: 82.2 %2009: 82.8 %2010: 82.5 %2011: 82 %2012: 79.3 %2013: 71.5 %2014: 69.5 %2015: 67.3 %2016: 67 %2017: 66.6 %2018: 68.4 %2019: 67.3 %

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 67.3%.

The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica peaked at 82.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 66.6%, in 2017.

That places Costa Rica 124th out of 179 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%) in Costa Rica, 1998 to 2019.
Year % Change
1998 72.8%
1999 80.1% +10.1%
2000 74.3% -7.3%
2001 74.1% -0.3%
2002 75.1% +1.4%
2004 77.1% +2.6%
2005 76.6% -0.6%
2006 82.2% +7.3%
2007 82.4% +0.3%
2008 82.2% -0.3%
2009 82.8% +0.7%
2010 82.5% -0.4%
2011 82.0% -0.5%
2012 79.3% -3.3%
2013 71.5% -9.9%
2014 69.5% -2.8%
2015 67.3% -3.2%
2016 67.0% -0.3%
2017 66.6% -0.7%
2018 68.4% +2.7%
2019 67.3% -1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.5% 72.8% 80.1% 2
2000s 78.5% 74.1% 82.8% 9
2010s 72.1% 66.6% 82.5% 10

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 121 Iran 70.3% compare
  2. 122 Andorra 69.2% compare
  3. 123 Niger 67.9% compare
  4. 125 Democratic Republic of Congo 66.9% compare
  5. 126 Kyrgyzstan 65.5% compare
  6. 127 Mexico 65.4% compare

See the full ranking of 224 places →

More reference data data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

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 67.3% 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 82.8% in 2009.
What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 66.6% in 2017.
How does Costa Rica rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Costa Rica ranks 124th out of 179 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 down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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 general programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-all-students-in-upper-secondary-education-enrolled-in-general-programmes-percent/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-all-students-in-upper-secondary-education-enrolled-in-general-programmes-percent/costa-rica/">Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 3,926 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in general 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. General education is designed to develop learners’ general knowledge, skills and competencies and literacy and numeracy skills, often to prepare students for more advanced educational programmes at the same or higher ISCED levels and to lay the foundation for lifelong learning. General educational programmes are typically school- or college-based. General education includes educational programmes that are designed to prepare students for entry into vocational education, but that do not prepare for employment in a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades, nor lead directly to a labour market relevant qualification.