country profile

Curacao

Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income156K population

Last updated July 1, 2026

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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.
Severely underprepared

Composite GEFRI Score

Severe readiness constraints across dimensions

Curacao shows severely limited readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (38th percentile worldwide). Key structural conditions limit capacity to plan, implement, and sustain forward-looking reforms.

43.62Composite score
Global percentile
38th
Global rank
Not ranked (microstate)
Regional rank
Not ranked (microstate)
Viewing data for
Emerging readiness
Infrastructure
59.81
45th percentileGlobal avg. 54.95
Emerging readiness
Human Capital
56.27
67th percentileGlobal avg. 47.14
Severely underprepared
Innovation
31.52
17th percentileGlobal avg. 45.34
Emerging readiness
Governance
59.17
71st percentileGlobal avg. 47.93
Critically unprepared
Access & Parity
11.33
32nd percentileGlobal avg. 49.93

Country profile

Curacao faces substantial readiness constraints across core dimensions. Its weakest results are in Innovation (32, 17th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.

Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.

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.

GEFRI Composite presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning.

Many indicators are imputed, so the profile should be treated as a limited signal rather than a complete measurement.

Key insights

Falls below many peers at the 38th percentile.

Scores range from Infrastructure (59.8) to Access & Parity (11.3), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Trails regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
351Chile69.54
402Argentina64.11
453Uruguay61.90
Cayman IslandsMicrostate60.47
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesMicrostate58.19
684Peru57.69
Antigua and BarbudaMicrostate56.83
St. Kitts and NevisMicrostate56.62
GrenadaMicrostate55.32
765Mexico55.23
776Colombia55.11
Turks and Caicos IslandsMicrostate54.77
797Trinidad and Tobago54.35
818Brazil53.73
839Cuba53.43
8410Puerto Rico53.10
BarbadosMicrostate51.70
DominicaMicrostate51.51
9111Dominican Republic51.38
9212Ecuador51.18
St. LuciaMicrostate50.11
9413Bolivia50.09
9914Costa Rica49.15
10015Bahamas, The48.72
ArubaMicrostate48.68
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Microstate48.40
10116Jamaica47.62
St. Martin (French part)Microstate47.44
Virgin Islands (U.S.)Microstate47.08
10417Belize46.90
10518Panama46.87
British Virgin IslandsMicrostate45.41
10719Paraguay44.94
CuracaoMicrostate43.62
11020Venezuela, RBFCS41.39
12021Guyana36.99
12122Suriname36.99
12223El Salvador36.91
13224Honduras33.13
13725Guatemala31.52
14426Nicaragua29.08
16427HaitiFCS22.77