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

18.04percent · 2023-28.8% since 2013

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

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202318.041
202218.671
202119.785
202020.18
201922.863
201824.611
201725.085
201624.983
201524.537
201424.342
201325.332
201236.24
201135.649
201034.727
200934.937
200829.47
200731.78
200630.491
200529.855
200429.939
200321.614
200228.198
200121.37
200020.6

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-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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