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

5.31percent · 2023-20.6% since 2013

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

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20235.312
20225.547
20216.248
20206.629
20196.738
20186.77
20177.07
20166.894
20156.873
20146.68
20136.687
20126.582
20116.38
20106.566
20096.01
20084.887
20074.634
20064.616
20044.891
20035.134UIS_EST
20025.15
20014.832
20004.667

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 education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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