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Costa Rica: Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP

1.19percent · 2023-13.5% since 2013

Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.5T8.FSGOV. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20231.186
20221.267
20211.323
20201.413
20191.484
20181.566
20171.671
20161.582
20151.53
20141.448
20131.372
20121.296
20111.253
20101.209
20091.141
20081.021
20070.969
20060.966
20040.918
20020.969
20010.926
20000.907

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-5t8-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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