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
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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About this data
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.