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Average years of schooling of adults
6
[54th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education
10 years
[62nd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level
6
[120th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level
5
[173rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
77,283
[86th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.1%
[55th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)
22.4%
[11th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate
92
[66th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level
49.2%
[89th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level
50.8%
[38th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results
71.382
[84th of 191]
Library books
824,623
[51st of 81]
Literacy > Male
95.9%
[58th of 156]
Literacy > Total population
96%
[54th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
18.53 %
[15th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level
14.9
[52nd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
21.34
[61st of 159]
School life expectancy > Total
10.1 years
[74th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment
16%
[79th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
1.01
[6th of 138]
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Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008;
World Development Indicators database
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Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica
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Jim Hadden
25th September 2009
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