Costa Rica vs India: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes

Costa Rica
0.9%
in 2016
India
0.9%
in 2016
Costa Rica rank
119th
India rank
121st

Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Costa Rica
  • India
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.9% against 0.9% in India, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1973 it was India ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 119th and India ranks 121st of 188 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and India in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica India Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0% 20.2% 20.2% India
1980s 18.2% 4.3% 13.9% Costa Rica
1990s 16.5% 3.9% 12.7% Costa Rica
2000s 12.9% 4.2% 8.7% Costa Rica
2010s 4.9% 2.7% 2.2% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or India?
Costa Rica, at 0.9% against 0.9% in India as of 2016.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and India?
0.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and India?
15 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2016.
How do Costa Rica and India rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
Costa Rica ranks 119th and India ranks 121st of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 4,401 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.