Costa Rica
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Infrastructure is a strength, but Access & Parity lags
Costa Rica shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (50th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 50th
- Global rank
- #89
- Regional rank
- #12
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Country profile
Costa Rica shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. High internet adoption enables broad participation in digital learning and innovation.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
Regionally, School Access and Gender Parity lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Most indicators are observed rather than imputed, so estimation uncertainty is limited.
Key insights
Places 89th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 12th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Infrastructure (83.7) to Access & Parity (29.0), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score