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

Costa Rica
0.9%
in 2016
Malta
0.9%
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
119th
Malta rank
118th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Malta
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 119th and Malta ranks 118th of 188 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Malta Difference Ahead
1970s 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% Costa Rica
1980s 14.1% 1.4% 12.7% Costa Rica
1990s 17.7% 1.1% 16.6% Costa Rica
2000s 13.4% 0.8% 12.6% Costa Rica
2010s 6.5% 0.3% 6.1% 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 Malta?
Malta, at 0.9% against 0.9% in Costa Rica as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Malta?
0.0%, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malta?
38 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Costa Rica and Malta rank globally for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Malta ranks 118th 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
Last refreshed

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.