Is Costa Rica’s 98% Literacy Rate Really Accurate?

Costa Rica has long promoted itself as the most literate country in Central America, and by the numbers it is. Government statistics put the literacy rate among people 15 and older at roughly 98 percent, a figure repeated in tourism brochures, investment pitches and international rankings for decades. But a closer look at how that […] The post Is Costa Rica’s 98% Literacy Rate Really Accurate? appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

By The Tico Times