Economy Profile Score Rank Index Edition (imparity = 0, parity = 1) (out of 146 countries) Costa Rica 0.793 14th 2023 Global Gender Gap Index 2023 Edition Overview 2023 2022 Costa Rica score Index and Subindex Score Rank Score Rank average score Economy Global Gender Gap Index 0.793 14th 0.796 12th 0.676 Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.676 84th 0.645 94th E d s u c c i Educational Attainment t a i 0.524 0.999 l t i o o P n 0.999 31st 0.999 31st Health and Survival 0.973 60th 0.973 64th 0.973 Health Political Empowerment 0.524 10th 0.565 6th Global Gender Gap Index Indicators 2023 Compare with Difference Min Global average Indicator Rank Score* F-M Female vs Male Max 0 1 Min Max Economic Participation and Opportunity 84th 0.676 - - - 0-100 Labour-force participation rate % 97th 0.682 -23.38 50.04 73.42 - Wage equality for similar work 1-7 (best) 94th 0.601 - - 0-150 Estimated earned income int'l $ 1,000 57th 0.676 -8.18 17.11 25.29 0-100 Legislators, senior officials and managers % 35th 0.673 -19.52 40.24 59.76 0-100 Professional and technical workers % 87th 0.857 -7.70 46.15 53.85 Educational Attainment 31st 0.999 - - - - Literacy rate % 1st 1.000 - - 0-100 Enrolment in primary education % 71st 0.999 -0.13 96.69 96.81 0-200 Enrolment in secondary education % 1st 1.000 11.76 136.27 148.03 0-200 Enrolment in tertiary education % 1st 1.000 11.64 51.98 63.62 Health and Survival 60th 0.973 - - - - Sex ratio at birth** % 1st 0.944 - - - Healthy life expectancy** years 70th 1.039 - - Political Empowerment 10th 0.524 - - - 0-100 Women in parliament % 7th 0.901 -5.20 47.40 52.60 0-100 Women in ministerial positions % 17th 0.833 -9.09 45.46 54.55 0-50 Years with female/male head of state (last 50) 40th 0.087 -41.99 4.00 46.00 Global Gender Gap Report 2023 151