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Central America and the Caribbean > Costa Rica > Education

COSTA RICAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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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 Time series [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 Time series [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% Time series [58th of 156]
Literacy > Total population 96% Time series [54th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 18.53 % Time series [15th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 14.9 [52nd of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 21.34 Time series [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 Time series [6th of 138]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Development Indicators database

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

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Jim Hadden
25th September 2009 		What is the cost of a college education in Costa Rica? Tuition? Books? Housing?
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