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Costa Rica: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

20.38percent · 2023-10.7% since 2013

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMF. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202320.379
202221.582
202131.167
202030.082
201932.592
201826.087
201730.151
201623.423
201523.373
201423.11
201322.831
201223.502
201123.01
201022.881
200923.408
200820.811
200721.022
200620.643
200420.431
200320.152UIS_EST
200219.24
200119.153
200018.82

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). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imf (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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