World Bank · Education

Costa Rica: School enrollment, preprimary

95.24percent · 2021+22.2% since 2011

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1970 to 2021.

19802021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202195.235
202097.168
201995.635
201897.937
201780.548
201678.055
201579.308
201480.545
201379.329
201277.514
201177.939
201077.439
200977.46
200875.534
200674.173
200571.754
200466.046
200261.221
200158.151
200045.655
199945.902
199840.471
199784.061
199635.772
199534.322
199432.5
199332.028
199231.85
199132.097
199029.387
198928.209
198827.213
198726.339
198626.831
198525.941
198421.386
198323.683
198222.163
198120.238
198019.218
197918.211
197817.799
197717.328
197616.433
197514.087
197413.97
197313.288
197211.316
19717.785
19706.321

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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