Curacao

Latin America & Caribbean · High income· 156K inhabitants

Last updated: November 11, 2025

Note: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings. Microstates are excluded from rankings because their unique population size, geographic scale, and special conditions can result in atypical data patterns that may not be directly comparable with larger countries. This helps ensure that rankings are more meaningful and fair for all measured countries.

Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Curacao

Key areas of strength for Curacao: Human Capital (63, 90th percentile). This reflects substantial capacity for education futures readiness and may serve as models for broader policy learning or international benchmarking.

Critical gaps holding back overall readiness: Innovation (30, 23rd percentile). Addressing weak points should be prioritized, as futures readiness demands robust performance across all GEFRI dimensions, not only in select areas.

Areas of untapped potential: Infrastructure (67, 56th percentile) and School Access and Gender Parity (61, 49th percentile). While these scores are at or near the global average, substantial progress and greater ambition are needed to drive transformation and strengthen the country’s future in education.

Composite GEFRI Score

55.76

58th percentile

Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity60.72

Near the global average · 49th %-tile

Governance58.40

Above global avg. · 71st %-tile

Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Innovation30.01

Below global avg. · 23rd %-tile

Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.

Human Capital62.78

Above global avg. · 90th %-tile

Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.

Infrastructure66.88

Above global avg. · 56th %-tile

Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.

Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean

Global rank	Regional rank	Country	Score
34	1	Chile	70.30
41	2	Argentina	64.11
47	3	Uruguay	62.66
—	—	Cayman Islands(microstate)	61.05
—	—	Antigua and Barbuda(microstate)	58.25
—	—	St. Kitts and Nevis(microstate)	57.01
71	4	Peru	56.70
—	—	Grenada(microstate)	56.11
—	—	Curacao(microstate)	55.76
76	5	Colombia	55.16
—	—	Turks and Caicos Islands(microstate)	55.04
78	6	Mexico	54.55
—	—	Virgin Islands (U.S.)(microstate)	54.14
80	7	Brazil	53.97
—	—	Aruba(microstate)	53.59
83	8	Puerto Rico (US)	53.48
—	—	St. Vincent and the Grenadines(microstate)	53.30
—	—	St. Martin (French part)(microstate)	53.13
—	—	Barbados(microstate)	52.65
87	9	Cuba	52.63
—	—	Dominica(microstate)	52.41
—	—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(microstate)	52.30
90	10	Bahamas, The	51.83
92	11	Ecuador	50.69
—	—	St. Lucia(microstate)	50.48
94	12	Dominican Republic	50.29
97	13	Costa Rica	49.74
99	14	Bolivia	49.60
102	15	Jamaica	48.63
107	16	Panama	46.94
—	—	British Virgin Islands(microstate)	46.10
109	17	Belize	46.00
110	18	Paraguay	45.50
113	19	Trinidad and Tobago	44.26
114	20	Venezuela, RB	44.03
121	21	Guyana	39.19
123	22	El Salvador	37.15
125	23	Suriname	36.81
131	24	Honduras	33.35
136	25	Guatemala	31.21
137	26	Nicaragua	30.92
157	27	Haiti	24.35