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Costa Rica: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

20.42percent · 2024-13.1% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202420.424
202319.081
202219.014
202118.25
202022.293
201918.874
201822.23
201718.14
201621.446
201521.91
201423.495
201315.957
201220.987
201120.567
201020.005
200920.917
200820.406
200717.589
200616.268
200515.974
200414.954
200314.635
200214.257
200113.855

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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