Country profile

Curacao

Latin America & Caribbean High income156K inhabitants

Last updated December 1, 2025

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Microstate notice: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings.

Composite GEFRI Score

Emerging readiness

Curacao demonstrates early-stage readiness (58th percentile worldwide). Investments are generating initial gains, yet substantial gaps persist in several dimensions. Higher scores indicate a system that is better prepared to anticipate and shape the future of learning.

54.63Composite score
Global percentile
58th
Global rank
Not ranked (microstate)
Regional rank
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Infrastructure
65.73
57th percentileGlobal avg. 56.53
Human Capital
62.58
90th percentileGlobal avg. 47.25
Innovation
30.05
23rd percentileGlobal avg. 43.36
Governance
59.07
71st percentileGlobal avg. 47.71
Access & Parity
55.72
51st percentileGlobal avg. 49.41

Country profile

Curacao shows strong future-readiness momentum, with clear strengths in Human Capital (63, 90th percentile).

Uneven scores across dimensions highlight areas that need targeted coordination. 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.

Challenges: Innovation (30, 23rd percentile). Closing these gaps will be key to sustaining progress.

Areas with room to grow: Infrastructure (66, 57th percentile) and School Access and Gender Parity (56, 51st percentile). These dimensions sit close to global norms and could accelerate quickly with targeted investment.

Note: Because many indicators are imputed, these findings should be treated as provisional until more reported data arrives.

Key insights

  • Scores range from Infrastructure (65.7) to Innovation (30.1), reflecting variation across dimensions.
  • Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean

Composite GEFRI score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
341Chile69.86
412Argentina63.78
463Uruguay62.23
——Cayman IslandsMicrostate60.65
——Antigua and BarbudaMicrostate57.78
674Peru56.70
——GrenadaMicrostate56.16
——St. Kitts and NevisMicrostate55.76
745Colombia54.99
——Turks and Caicos IslandsMicrostate54.87
——CuracaoMicrostate54.63
756Mexico54.62
807Cuba52.99
818Brazil52.92
——BarbadosMicrostate52.49
849Puerto Rico (US)52.36
——DominicaMicrostate52.30
8810Ecuador50.82
——St. LuciaMicrostate50.58
9211Dominican Republic50.53
9412Bolivia49.89
9613Costa Rica49.46
——St. Vincent and the GrenadinesMicrostate48.23
10114Jamaica47.64
——Virgin Islands (U.S.)Microstate47.33
10215Bahamas, The47.10
10316Panama46.77
——ArubaMicrostate46.66
——St. Martin (French part)Microstate46.21
10517Belize46.05
——British Virgin IslandsMicrostate45.79
——Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Microstate45.13
10618Paraguay44.54
10919Trinidad and Tobago43.11
11520Venezuela, RBFCS39.24
12121Guyana36.76
12322El Salvador36.18
12523Suriname35.67
13224Honduras32.89
13625Guatemala31.74
14126Nicaragua29.41
16227HaitiFCS23.21