Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 was 81.97 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in Costa Rica, 2015–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 81.97 Index for trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in Costa Rica peaked at 100 Index in 2015 and was at its lowest, 81.97 Index, in 2025.
Costa Rica ranks 20th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 100 Index | — |
| 2017 | 93.08 Index | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 92.88 Index | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 92.64 Index | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 91.94 Index | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 86.11 Index | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 82.06 Index | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 82.14 Index | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 82.42 Index | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 81.97 Index | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94.65 Index | 92.64 Index | 100 Index | 4 |
| 2020s | 84.44 Index | 81.97 Index | 91.94 Index | 6 |
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More education data for Costa Rica
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,058 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.77 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in Costa Rica?
- Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 in Costa Rica was 81.97 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100 Index in 2015.
- What is the lowest trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.97 Index in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000?
- Costa Rica ranks 20th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains a trend of statutory salaries of teachers since 2000. It covers full-time teachers in public institutions in pre-primary, primary and (lower and upper) secondary general education. The default table displays index of change in statutory salaries of teachers in primary education after 15 years of experience with the most prevalent qualification at this stage of the career. The selection can be changed to display data by education level and by qualification level, and data in national currency. >Additional details regarding sources for data and the methodology used and specific notes for countries can be found in the accompanying document Sources, Methodologies and Technical Notes. For more information, please consult Education at a Glance. Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026.