Barbados vs Costa Rica: Persistence to grade 5, total

Barbados
95.5%
in 2022
Costa Rica
95.4%
in 2023
Barbados rank
64th
Costa Rica rank
66th

Persistence to grade 5, total over time

  • Barbados
  • Costa Rica
020406080100197019962023

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 95.5% against 95.4% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 64th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 164 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1990s 91.8% 91.5% 0.3% Barbados
2000s 94.1% 92.0% 2.1% Barbados
2010s 94.5% 92.9% 1.6% Barbados
2020s 95.1% 97.5% 2.3% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher persistence to grade 5, total, Barbados or Costa Rica?
Barbados, at 95.5% against 95.4% in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in persistence to grade 5, total between Barbados and Costa Rica?
0.1%, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
11 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2020.
How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for persistence to grade 5, total?
Barbados ranks 64th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barbados vs Costa Rica: Persistence to grade 5, total. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/persistence-to-grade-5-total-percent-of-cohort/barbados/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/persistence-to-grade-5-total-percent-of-cohort/barbados/costa-rica/">Barbados vs Costa Rica: Persistence to grade 5, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)
Unit
% of cohort
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 3,790 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.