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Costa Rica: Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

5.31percent · 2023-20.0% since 2013

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

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20235.312
20225.547
20216.228
20206.607
20196.677
20186.77
20177.07
20166.894
20156.826
20146.637
20136.642
20126.551
20116.332
20106.307
20095.973
20084.853
20074.614
20064.59
20044.891
20035.116
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). Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov-ffntr (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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