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Children out of school — Costa Rica

Children out of school in Costa Rica in 2024 — 19,701 people. Ranked 65 in the world out of 120. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 39.3%.

2024 19,701 people −6.77% vs 2023
World rank 65of 120
Period maximum 45,307 people2017
Period minimum 14,145 people2011

Trend over time

2011–2024 · people

Children out of school — Costa Rica, 2011–2024020,00040,00060,000201120132015201720192021202320242011: 14,145 people2012: 21,598 people2013: 30,022 people2014: 41,750 people2015: 38,932 people2016: 35,333 people2017: 45,307 people2018: 30,015 people2019: 21,545 people2020: 24,123 people2021: 27,816 people2022: 27,179 people2023: 21,131 people2024: 19,701 people
Change over the period: +5,556 (+39.28%) Average annual rate: 2.58 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 19,701 people
Central America computed 712,483 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.83M people
Children out of school — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 19,701 −1,430 −6.77%
2023 21,131 −6,048 −22.25%
2022 27,179 −637 −2.29%
2021 27,816 +3,693 +15.31%
2020 24,123 +2,578 +11.97%
2019 21,545 −8,470 −28.22%
2018 30,015 −15,292 −33.75%
2017 45,307 +9,974 +28.23%
2016 35,333 −3,599 −9.24%
2015 38,932 −2,818 −6.75%
2014 41,750 +11,728 +39.06%
2013 30,022 +8,424 +39%
2012 21,598 +7,453 +52.69%
2011 14,145 — —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BZ Belize 4,953 CR Costa Rica 19,701 PA Panama 35,837 MX Mexico 46,859 SV El Salvador 57,339 GT Guatemala 201,342 HN Honduras 346,452
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About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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