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Higher education and Research>
Costa Rica
The Global Innovation Index
27.9
(2023)
[38/38countries]
Number of Nobel prize lauriates (by place of birth)
1
(2023)
[32/36countries]
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD) at current PPP million $
321
(2021)
[38/38countries]
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD) as % of GDP
0.28%
(2021)
[38/38countries]
% of GERD financed by the business and enterprise sector
29.3%
(2021)
[37/38countries]
% of GERD financed by government
46.8%
(2021)
[3/38countries]
Total researchers per thousand total employment
1.02
(2021)
[34/35countries]
% women among researchers
44.1%
(2021)
[4/32countries]
Attitude toward science>
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
E-Government Development Index
0.7659
(2022)
[36/38countries]
E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index)
0.5568
(2022)
[34/38countries]
Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index)
0.6812
(2022)
[37/38countries]
Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index)
0.8593
(2022)
[33/38countries]
Telecomm Infrustrcture Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index)
0.7572
(2022)
[35/38countries]
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