Human capital composite index in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Human capital composite index was 0.9159 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2024. β² Rising
Human capital composite index in Costa Rica, 2002β2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in standard deviations from the yearly mean.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.9159 standard deviations from the yearly mean for human capital composite index in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human capital composite index in Costa Rica peaked at 1.33 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2178 standard deviations from the yearly mean, in 2002.
Costa Rica ranks 22nd of 202 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4019 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.2178 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.6406 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9858 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.8334 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 1.33 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.9159 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 1.21 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 19 Eswatini 0.9647 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 20 Micronesia (country) 0.9545 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 21 Albania 0.9239 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 23 Australia 0.9056 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 24 French Polynesia 0.8969 standard deviations from the yearly mean
- 25 Rwanda 0.891 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
More education data for Costa Rica
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 43,058 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.32 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human capital composite index in Costa Rica?
- Human capital composite index in Costa Rica was 0.9159 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest human capital composite index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2019.
- What is the lowest human capital composite index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2178 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2002.
- How does Costa Rica rank for human capital composite index?
- Costa Rica ranks 22nd out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is human capital composite index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Human capital composite index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
An equal-weighted index of 4 indicators: Literacy rate, adult total; School enrollment, primary; School enrollment, secondary; Government expenditure on education, total. Each is standardised against that year's spread across all reporting countries before averaging, so a score of 0 is the average country and +1 is one standard deviation above it.
Equal-weighted mean of the standardised inputs below.
Computed from
- Literacy rate, adult total Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- School enrollment, primary Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- School enrollment, secondary Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Government expenditure on education, total Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
An equal-weighted index of 4 indicators: Literacy rate, adult total; School enrollment, primary; School enrollment, secondary; Government expenditure on education, total. Each is standardised against that year's spread across all reporting countries before averaging, so a score of 0 is the average country and +1 is one standard deviation above it.