Labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Labor force with advanced education, male was 74.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica, 2001–2025
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male working-age population with advanced education.
Analysis
The most recent figure for labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica is 74.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica peaked at 90.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 74.9%, in 2025.
That places Costa Rica 109th out of 125 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of male working-age population with advanced education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 86.6% | — |
| 2002 | 86.8% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 87.5% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 87.8% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 87.0% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 90.2% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 88.3% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 86.3% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 85.3% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 81.6% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 80.5% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 84.0% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 84.4% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 84.7% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 82.5% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 80.8% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 80.7% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 81.1% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 84.4% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 81.4% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 82.4% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 78.2% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 78.1% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 75.5% | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 74.9% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.3% | 85.3% | 90.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.5% | 80.5% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.4% | 74.9% | 82.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica?
- Labor force with advanced education, male in Costa Rica was 74.9% in 2025, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest labor force with advanced education, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 90.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest labor force with advanced education, male recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.9% in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for labor force with advanced education, male?
- Costa Rica ranks 109th out of 125 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force with advanced education, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ratio of the labor force with advanced education to the working-age population with advanced education. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).