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Costa Rica - Expenditure per student

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in Costa Rica was 20.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.72 in 2015, while its lowest value was 14.54 in 2006.

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	17.46
2000	15.67
2001	15.15
2002	16.49
2004	16.91
2006	14.54
2007	14.91
2008	16.22
2009	21.21
2010	24.44
2011	23.20
2012	24.79
2013	24.76
2014	25.14
2015	26.72
2016	24.87
2017	22.29
2018	20.83

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in Costa Rica was 21.14 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.13 in 2015, while its lowest value was 16.20 in 2006.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	24.12
2000	20.34
2001	21.42
2002	23.41
2004	17.00
2006	16.20
2007	17.04
2008	17.86
2009	21.09
2010	23.13
2011	23.22
2012	24.28
2013	24.47
2014	23.94
2015	25.13
2016	24.04
2017	24.68
2018	21.14

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in Costa Rica was 37.51 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 38.64 in 2017, while its lowest value was 30.13 in 2011.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2004	35.83
2011	30.13
2012	30.39
2013	32.46
2014	32.95
2015	35.08
2016	36.69
2017	38.64
2018	37.51

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs