Global Japanese Data Rankings

	Costa Rica
Unemployment rate: all ages, male and female (2021)	16.7% [1/38 countries]
Unemployment rate: all ages, male (2021)	12.8% [2/38 countries]
Unemployment rate: all ages, female (2021)	22.3% [1/38 countries]
Unemployment rate: 15-24 years old, male and female (2021)	39.5% [1/38 countries]
Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, male and female	20.9% (2021) [27/37 countries]
Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, male	16.5% (2021) [32/37 countries]

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	Costa Rica
Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023)	57 [156/190 countries]
Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021)	88,737 [55/192 countries]
% of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023)	47.37% [8/185 countries]
% of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023)	28.07% [38/143 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of central government employees aged 55 years or older (2020)	18.19% [33/38 countries]
Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021)	67.8 [68/209 countries]

	Costa Rica
General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022)	20.0% [159/189 countries]
General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022)	1.09% [28/180 countries]
General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022)	68% [66/185 countries]

	Costa Rica
General government revenues as % of GDP (2022)	16% [155/189 countries]
Corporate income tax rate (central + sub-central) (2021)	30.00% [6/111 countries]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, % of GDP (2019)	4.9% [87/117 countries]
Social security contributions, % of GDP (2019)	8.1% [26/113 countries]
Taxes on property, % of GDP (2019)	0.4% [59/111 countries]

	Costa Rica
Population (ten thousands) (2021)	513.9 [121/216 countries]
Popuation growth (annual) (2021)	0.6% [126/217 countries]
Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021)	27.4% [110/217 countries]
0-14 years, % of the total population (2021)	20.6% [123/193 countries]
15-64 years, % of the total population (2021)	68.8% [25/193 countries]
65 years and over, % of the total population (2021)	10.6% [69/193 countries]
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020)	80.5 [34/199 countries]
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020)	83.0 [38/199 countries]
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020)	78.0 [34/199 countries]
Population density (per square kilometer) (2021)	100.6 [103/216 countries]
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) (2021)	27.6 [41/121 countries]

	Costa Rica
Voter turnout in the national election	60.7% (2022) [122/199 countries]

	Costa Rica
Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 population)	3.7 (2020) [25/45 countries]
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 population)	2.8 (2019) [2/44 countries]
Relative divorce rate (ratio of divorces to marriages in the latest year) (2008-2020)	0.76 [5/44 countries]

	Costa Rica
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020)	1.72 [137/200 countries]
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020)	13.4 [127/204 countries]
Mean age of women at childbirth (2020)	26.6 [43/43 countries]
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017)	27 [117/183 countries]
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020)	6.7 [133/193 countries]
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020)	8 [132/194 countries]
Adolescent fertility rate (Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19) (2020)	50.6 [77/194 countries]

	Costa Rica
Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020)	8.6% [108/154 countries]
Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020)	8.1% [50/154 countries]
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15?49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime (%) (2018)	27% [54/151 countries]

	Costa Rica
International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020)	10.2% [95/231 countries]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019)	6,204 [81/164 countries]

	Costa Rica
GDP (current US$, billions) (2021)	64.276 [81/192 countries]
GDP per capita (current US$) (2021)	12,408 [64/192 countries]
GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021)	22,523 [69/192 countries]
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021)	12,310 [52/173 countries]
Shadow economy, as % of GDP (2015)	19.2% [118/158 countries]

	Costa Rica
Price level index - Gross Domestic Product [= the whole national economy] (OECD=100) (2017)	71 [30/49 countries]
Price level index - Food (OECD=100) (2017)	101 [19/49 countries]
Price level index - Bread and cereals (OECD=100) (2017)	108 [16/49 countries]
Price level index - Meat (OECD=100) (2017)	86 [29/49 countries]
Price level index - Fish (OECD=100) (2017)	113 [10/49 countries]
Price level index - Milk, cheese and eggs (OECD=100) (2017)	125 [12/49 countries]
Price level index - Fruits, vegetables, potatoes (OECD=100) (2017)	109 [14/49 countries]
Price level index - Non-alcoholic beverages (OECD=100) (2017)	122 [9/49 countries]
Price level index - Alcoholic beverages (OECD=100) (2017)	130 [11/49 countries]
Price level index - Tobacco (OECD=100) (2017)	54 [39/49 countries]
Price level index - Clothing and footwear (OECD=100) (2017)	84 [41/49 countries]
Price level index - Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (OECD=100) (2017)	56 [32/49 countries]
Price level index - Hospital services (OECD=100) (2017)	77 [21/49 countries]
Price level index - Transport (OECD=100) (2017)	77 [40/49 countries]
Price level index - Communication (OECD=100) (2017)	55 [39/49 countries]
Price level index - Recreation and culture (OECD=100) (2017)	72 [33/49 countries]
Price level index - Education (OECD=100) (2017)	39 [35/49 countries]
Price level index - Restaurants and hotels (OECD=100) (2017)	72 [35/49 countries]
Price level index - Construction (OECD=100) (2017)	74 [21/49 countries]
Price level index - Services in total (OECD=100) (2017)	57 [31/49 countries]

	Costa Rica
Income inequality (gini coefficient) (2018)	0.479 [37/37 countries]

	Costa Rica
New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) (2020)	3.61 [42/121 countries]

	Costa Rica
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (2021)	80.4% [20/38 countries]
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (2021)	56.6% [34/38 countries]
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 35-44) (2021)	96.0% [2/38 countries]
Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 35-44) (2021)	72.5% [32/38 countries]
Employment rate, 60-64 years old (% of population ages 60-64), men (2021)	72.7% [16/38 countries]
Employment rate, 60-64 years old (% of population ages 60-64), women (2021)	31.8% [37/38 countries]
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019)	12.0% [109/187 countries]
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019)	12.0% [109/187 countries]
Employment in industry (% of total employment) (2019)	18.8% [101/187 countries]
Employment in services (% of total employment) (2019)	69.2% [55/187 countries]
% of employees whose job tenure is 10 years and more: male and female	29.3% (2021) [29/34 countries]
% of employees whose job tenure is 10 years and more: male	32.1% (2021) [26/34 countries]
% of employees whose job tenure is 10 years and more: female	24.7% (2021) [30/34 countries]

	Costa Rica
Gender wage gap (comparison of median)	0.0% (2019) [27/27 countries]
Maternal employment rate - child under 15	52.1% (2019) [39/40 countries]

	Costa Rica
Part-time employment - male	11.1% (2021) [12/37 countries]
Part-time employment - female	28.7% (2021) [11/37 countries]
Temporary employment - male as % of dependent employment	8.4% (2021) [23/36 countries]
Temporary employment - female as % of dependent employment	4.6% (2021) [31/36 countries]

	Costa Rica
Average annual hours actually worked per worker	2,073 (2021) [2/38 countries]

	Costa Rica
Minimum relative to average (mean) wages of full-time workers (2020)	48.8% [7/31 countries]

	Costa Rica
Pre-school enrolment rates, children aged 0 to 2 year old	6.9% (2017) [41/44 countries]

	Costa Rica
Average class size in primary education (public and private)	15.7 (2018) [33/33 countries]
Average class size in primary education (public) (2018)	15.6 [35/36 countries]
Average class size in primary education (private)	16.4 (2018) [26/33 countries]
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (public and private) (2018)	11.6 [30/40 countries]
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (public) (2018)	11.9 [29/40 countries]
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (private) (2018)	9.1 [34/38 countries]

	Costa Rica
Average class size in lower secondary education (public and private)	33.2 (2018) [1/34 countries]
Average class size in lower secondary education (public)	35.3 (2018) [1/35 countries]
Average class size in lower secondary education (private)	20.0 (2018) [22/34 countries]
Ratio of students to teaching staff in lower secondary education (public and private) (2018)	13.3 [12/36 countries]
Ratio of students to teaching staff in lower secondary education (public) (2018)	14.0 [10/36 countries]

	Costa Rica
Performance on the reading (15 years old, average score) (2018)	426.50 [49/76 countries]
Performance on the reading (15 years old, average score) (2015)	427 [51/72 countries]
Performance on the mathematics (15 years old, average score) (2018)	402.33 [62/77 countries]
Performance on the mathematics (15 years old, average score) (2015)	400 [61/72 countries]
Performance on the science (15 years old, average score) (2018)	415.62 [60/77 countries]
Performance on the science (15 years old, average score) (2015)	420 [57/72 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year-old students who have a computer they can use for school work in their home (2018)	72.4% [57/79 countries]
% of 15-year-old students who have classic literature in their home (2018)	46.7% [44/79 countries]
% of 15-year-old students who have books of poetry in their home (2018)	25.7% [75/79 countries]
% of 15-year-old students who have works of art (e.g. paintings) in their home (2018)	49.3% [62/79 countries]
% of 15-year-old students who have musical instruments (e.g. guitar, piano) in their home (2018)	51.0% [27/79 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15 year old students who say that students don't listen to what the teacher says in their language lessons (2018)	20.7% [57/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that students don't listen to what the teacher says in their language lessons (2009)	20.4% [50/72 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that there is noise and disorder in their language lessons (2018)	31.7% [28/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that there is noise and disorder in their language lessons (2009)	26.5% [38/72 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher has to wait a long time for the students to quieten down in their language lessons (2018)	21.2% [52/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher has to wait a long time for the students to quieten down in their language lessons (2009)	17.2% [56/72 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that students cannot work well in their language lessons (2018)	14.4% [58/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that students cannot work well in their language lessons (2009)	14.0% [56/72 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that students don't start working for a long time after the lesson begins in their language lessons (2018)	25.7% [23/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that students don't start working for a long time after the lesson begins in their language lessons (2009)	21.9% [40/72 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher shows an interest in every student's learning in their language lessons (2018)	87.7% [2/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher gives extra help when students need it in their language lessons (2018)	79.9% [19/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher helps students with their learning in their language lessons (2018)	86.3% [14/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher continues teaching until the students understands in their language lessons (2018)	78.3% [17/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher sets clear goals for our learning in their language lessons (2018)	74.6% [34/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher asks questions to check whether they have understood what was taught in their language lessons (2018)	71.7% [56/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher presents a short summary of the previous lesson in their language lessons (2018)	41.7% [56/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher tells us what we have to learn in their language lessons (2018)	68.7% [64/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that their teacher make them feel confident in their ability in their language lessons (2018)	72.1% [40/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that their teacher listen to their view in their language lessons (2018)	66.5% [47/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who felt that their teacher understand them in their language lessons (2018)	68.7% [41/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that their teacher adapts the lesson to their class's needs and knowledge in their language lessons (2018)	49.6% [57/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that their teacher provides individual help when a student has difficulties understanding a topic or task in their language lessons (2018)	50.1% [52/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that their teacher changes the structure of the lesson on a topic that most students find difficult to understand in their language lessons (2018)	35.6% [68/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that their teacher gives them feedback on their strengths in their language lessons (2018)	19.2% [72/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that their teacher tells them in which areas they can still improve in their language lessons (2018)	30.9% [71/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that their teacher tells them how they can improve their performance in their language lessons (2018)	35.4% [68/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that it was clear to them that their teacher liked teaching them in their language lessons (2018)	77.6% [26/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that the enthusiasm of the teacher inspired them in their language lessons (2018)	59.2% [42/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that it was clear that the teacher likes to deal with the topic of the lesson in their language lessons (2018)	74.4% [57/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that the teacher showed enjoyment in teaching in their language lessons (2018)	68.1% [58/76 countries]
% of 15 year old students who read texts that include diagrams or maps for school (2018)	13.4% [71/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who read fiction (e.g., novels, short stories) for school (2018)	31.6% [39/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who read texts that include tables or graphs for school (2018)	15.1% [74/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who read digital texts including links for school (2018)	18.4% [46/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher encourages students to express their opinion about a text in their language lessons (2018)	44.4% [74/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher encourages students to express their opinion about a text in their language lessons (2009)	52.2% [57/73 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher helps students relate the stories they read to their lives in their language lessons (2018)	45.6% [37/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher helps students relate the stories they read to their lives in their language lessons (2009)	44.7% [29/73 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher shows students how the information in texts builds on what they already know in their language lessons (2018)	49.9% [54/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher shows students how the information in texts builds on what they already know in their language lessons (2009)	41.0% [53/73 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher poses questions that motivate students to participate actively in their language lessons (2018)	55.4% [52/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who say that the teacher poses questions that motivate students to participate actively in their language lessons (2009)	58.7% [49/73 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have read a text of more than 100 pages in their language lessons (2018)	23.0% [44/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to write a summary of the book or the chapter in their language lessons (2018)	62.7% [53/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to list and write a short description of the main characters in their language lessons (2018)	68.8% [45/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to discuss in small groups with other students who read the same book or chapter in their language lessons (2018)	45.0% [60/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to give their personal thoughts about the book or the chapter in their language lessons (2018)	59.7% [74/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to answer questions about the book or the chapter in their language lessons (2018)	80.6% [45/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to compare the content of the book or the chapter with their own experience in their language lessons (2018)	37.4% [54/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to compare the book with other books or texts on a similar topic in their language lessons (2018)	34.6% [71/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to select a passage they liked or disliked and explain why in their language lessons (2018)	42.6% [67/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who are told to write a text related to what they have read in their language lessons (2018)	52.6% [60/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school how to use keywords when using a search engine (2018)	44.7% [69/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school how to decide whether to trust information from the Internet (2018)	62.4% [49/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school how to compare different web pages and decide what information is more relevant (2018)	56.5% [48/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school to understand the consequences of making information publicly available online (2018)	67.6% [46/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school how to use the short description below the links in the list of results of a search (2018)	46.5% [52/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school how to detect whether the information is subjective or biased (2018)	35.5% [77/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who have learned at school how to detect phishing or spam emails (2018)	29.2% [67/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15 year old students who read only if they have to (2018)	56.3% [11/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that reading is one of their favourite hobbies (2018)	40.9% [37/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who like talking about books with other people (2018)	37.9% [50/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who agree that reading is a waste of time (2018)	18.1% [52/77 countries]
% of 15 year old students who I read only to get information that they need (2018)	54.5% [18/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who spontaneously read magazines several times a week (2018)	4.2% [55/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who spontaneously read comic books several times a week (2018)	7.0% [34/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who spontaneously read fiction (novels, narratives, stories) several times a week (2018)	14.3% [41/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who spontaneously read non-fiction books (informational, documentary) several times a week (2018)	7.6% [47/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who spontaneously read newspapers several times a week (2018)	9.3% [47/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who read books more often in paper format (2018)	15.0% [76/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who read books more often on digital devices (2018)	17.0% [44/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who read books equally often in paper format and on digital devices (2018)	18.0% [35/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who spend more than 1 hour a day reading for enjoyment (2018)	19.1% [48/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who agree that they are good readers (2018)	47.4% [75/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who agree that they are able to understand difficult texts (2018)	54.6% [66/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who agree that they read fluently (2018)	69.4% [57/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who agree that they have always had difficulty with reading (2018)	18.3% [42/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who agree that they have to read a text several times before completely understanding it (2018)	47.0% [29/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who agree that I find it difficult to answer questions about a text (2018)	23.9% [45/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year olds who read emails several times a day (2018)	5.7% [74/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who chat on line several times a day (2018)	74.9% [24/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who read online news several times a day (2018)	21.3% [56/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who search information online to learn about a particular topic several times a day (2018)	21.8% [65/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who take part in online group discussions or forums several times a day (2018)	4.2% [75/77 countries]
% of 15-year olds who search for practical information online several times a day (2018)	17.0% [66/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of those who agree that there were many words they could not understand in the PISA test (2018)	31.1% [19/77 countries]
% of those who agree that many texts were too difficult for them in the PISA test (2018)	21.0% [32/77 countries]
% of those who agree that they were lost when they had to navigate between different pages in the PISA test (2018)	22.0% [33/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of concentrating on the parts of the text that are easy to understand as useful for understanding and memorising the text (2018)	3.34 [36/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of quickly reading through the text twice as useful for understanding and memorising the text (2018)	2.71 [57/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of discussing its content with other people after reading the text as useful for understanding and memorising the text (2018)	3.29 [56/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of underlining important parts of the text as useful for understanding and memorising the text (2018)	4.22 [24/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of summarising the text in their own words as useful for understanding and memorising the text (2018)	4.16 [19/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of reading the text aloud to another person as useful for understanding and memorising the text (2018)	3.27 [13/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of checking that each paragraph is covered in the summary as useful for writing a summary of a long and rather difficult two-page text (2018)	3.24 [45/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of I trying to copy out accurately as many sentences as possible as useful for writing a summary of a long and rather difficult two-page text (2018)	2.73 [31/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of reading the text as many times as possible before writing the summary as useful for writing a summary of a long and rather difficult two-page text (2018)	3.47 [41/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of carefully checking whether the most important facts in the text are represented in the summary as useful for writing a summary of a long and rather difficult two-page text (2018)	4.04 [49/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of reading through the text, underlining the most important sentences, and then writing them in their own words as useful for writing a summary of a long and rather difficult two-page text (2018)	4.17 [31/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of answering the email and asking for more information as appropriate for a message from a wellknown mobile phone operator telling them that they are one of the winners of a smartphone (2018)	2.51 [64/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of checking the senderfs email address as appropriate for a message from a wellknown mobile phone operator telling them that they are one of the winners of a smartphone (2018)	3.33 [67/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of clicking on the link to fill out the form as soon as possible as appropriate for a message from a wellknown mobile phone operator telling them that they are one of the winners of a smartphone (2018)	2.21 [52/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of deleting the email without clicking on the link as appropriate for a message from a wellknown mobile phone operator telling them that they are one of the winners of a smartphone (2018)	2.54 [66/77 countries]
Extent to which 15-year-olds think of checking the website of the mobile phone operator as appropriate for a message from a wellknown mobile phone operator telling them that they are one of the winners of a smartphone (2018)	3.28 [67/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year-olds who agree that trying hard at school will help me get a good job (2018)	79.9% [50/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who agree that trying hard at school will help me get into a good college (2018)	80.8% [67/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who agree that trying hard at school is important (2018)	80.9% [54/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who find satisfaction in working as hard as they can (2018)	82.7% [22/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who persist until a task is finished once they start (2018)	72.8% [34/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who enjoy doing things when they improve on their past performance (2018)	79.8% [52/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who would rather keep struggling to master something if they are not good at than move on to something they may be good at (2018)	73.4% [21/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who worry about what others think of when they are failing (2018)	42.4% [67/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who are afraid that they might not have enough talent when they are failing (2018)	42.8% [64/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who doubt their plans for the future when they are failing (2018)	37.0% [73/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that they canft change their intelligence very much (2018)	41.0% [43/78 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who enjoy working in situations involving competition with others (2018)	62.7% [36/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who agree that it is important for them to perform better than other people on a task (2018)	65.8% [25/79 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year-olds who try harder when they are in competition with other people (2018)	73.3% [33/79 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students seem to value competition (2018)	42.4% [42/78 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students are competing with each other (2018)	48.9% [33/78 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students seem to share the feeling that competing with each other is important (2018)	41.4% [41/78 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students feel that they are being compared with others (2018)	41.1% [63/78 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students seem to value cooperation (2018)	42.8% [58/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students are cooperating with each other (2018)	47.5% [59/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that students seem to share the feeling that cooperating with each other is important (2018)	45.6% [61/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that they are encouraged to cooperate with others (2018)	47.3% [59/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year-olds who think that their life has clear meaning or purpose (2018)	76.1% [22/74 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who have discovered a satisfactory meaning in life (2018)	66.6% [23/74 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who have a clear sense of what gives meaning to their life (2018)	70.7% [23/74 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year-olds who always feel happy (2018)	50.2% [16/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel scared (2018)	2.0% [68/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel lively (2018)	41.3% [22/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel miserable (2018)	3.1% [60/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel proud (2018)	26.3% [20/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel afraid (2018)	2.9% [69/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel joyful (2018)	51.2% [13/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel sad (2018)	5.8% [45/73 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who always feel cheerful (2018)	43.8% [35/73 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year-olds who think that their goal in school is to learn as much as possible (2018)	62.8% [11/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that their goal in school is to completely master the material presented in their classes (2018)	53.5% [18/77 countries]
% of 15-year-olds who think that their goal in school is to understand the content of their classes as thoroughly as possible (2018)	65.5% [16/77 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year olds who usually manage one way or another (2018)	81.6% [43/78 countries]
% of 15-year olds who feel proud that they have accomplished things (2018)	84.7% [30/78 countries]
% of 15-year olds who feel that they can handle many things at a time (2018)	70.0% [25/78 countries]
% of 15-year olds who can usually find their way out in a difficult situation (2018)	78.7% [44/78 countries]

	Costa Rica
% of 15-year olds who feel like an outsider (or left out of things) (2018)	18.4% [52/76 countries]
% of 15-year olds who make friends easily at school (2018)	65.9% [62/76 countries]
% of 15-year olds who feel like they belong at school. (2018)	70.4% [27/76 countries]
% of 15-year olds who feel awkward and out of place in their school. (2018)	16.4% [60/76 countries]
% of 15-year olds who think that other students seem to like them (2018)	70.0% [50/76 countries]
% of 15-year olds who feel lonely at school (2018)	14.4% [50/76 countries]