NationMaster - Costa Rican Education statistics

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 spending (% of GDP)	5.1%		[55th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	49.2%		[89th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.1%		[116th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50.8%		[38th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	71.382		[84th of 191]
Grade 1 intake rate	60.7		[63rd of 114]
Library books	824,623		[51st of 81]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	17.7		[56th of 131]
Progression to secondary level	68		[74th of 97]
Public spending per student > Primary level	14.9		[52nd of 126]
Public spending per student > Tertiary level	55.7		[51st of 123]
Pupils reaching grade 5	80.2		[70th of 108]
School life expectancy > Total	10.1 years		[74th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment	16%		[79th of 151]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment	24.1 %	...	[34th of 77]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls	both

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; World Bank; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica

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