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2024
global knowledge index
Costa Rica
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):134.238
- Population:5,105,526
- HDI:0.806
58/141
Gki
Score
49.6
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Costa Rica is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 58th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 54th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Female-to-male ratio in parliament
- Intellectual property payments (% total trade)
- Trademark applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- Educational attainment rate, doctoral or equivalent
- Firms producing new products and services (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Industrial design applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- Tax and contribution rate (% profit)
- Proportion of skilled production workers
- Gross fixed capital formation (% GDP)
- GERD financed by business enterprises (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
60
70.83
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
51
54.08
Higher
Education
66
47.04
Research, Development
and Innovation
97
26.13
Information and
Communications Technology
63
51.63
Economy
80
48.89
Enabling
Environment
29
69.5
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GKI Pillars
