© United Nations Development Programme and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation 2022
2022
global knowledge index
Costa Rica
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):109.26
- Population:5,153,957
- HDI:0.809
56/132
Gki
Score
47.2
World
Average
46.5
Country Performance Summary
Costa Rica is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 56th out of 132 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2022 and 53rd out of the 60 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Female-to-male ratio in parliament
- Net enrolment rate in primary education
- Firms that spend on R&D (%)
- Intellectual property payments (% total trade)
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in primary education
Areas of Improvement
- Proportion of skilled production workers
- Unemployment rate with vocational education
- Industrial design applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- Firms with products and services new to the market (%)
- Entrepreneurial employee activity rate
SECTORAL INDICES
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