Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Costa Rica

Harmonized test scores in Costa Rica in 2020 — 429 score. Ranked 73 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 3%.

2020 429 score −0.23% vs 2018
World rank 73of 172
Period maximum 442 score2010
Period minimum 429 score2020

Trend over time

2010–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Costa Rica, 2010–2020425430435440445201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202010: 442 score2017: 430 score2018: 430 score2020: 429 score
Change over the period: −13 (−2.95%) Average annual rate: -0.3 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 429 score
World computed 403 score
Central America computed 422 score
Upper-middle-income countries computed 423 score
Harmonized test scores — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 429
2018 430 −0 −0.1%
2017 430
2010 442

Central America, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

School test results brought by the World Bank to a single scale: a score of 300 corresponds to minimal attainment, 625 to advanced attainment. The point of the harmonization is that countries take part in different international assessments — PISA, TIMSS, regional ones — and their results are not directly comparable. The indicator answers a question that enrollment does not ask: what children have learned during the years they spent in school.

Important: The estimates are released once every few years and rest on the latest assessment available for a country, so the years differ from country to country. The gap between enrollment and results is wide: enrollment can be universal while results stand at the level of three years of schooling.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.