Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes

Costa Rica
6.0%
in 2016
Paraguay
5.6%
in 2011
Costa Rica rank
51st
Paraguay rank
54th

Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 6.0% against 5.6% in Paraguay, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Paraguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 51st and Paraguay ranks 54th of 183 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Paraguay Difference Ahead
1970s 10.3% 19.7% 9.3% Paraguay
1980s 14.1% 13.6% 0.5% Costa Rica
1990s 10.6% 11.3% 0.7% Paraguay
2000s 7.4% 5.9% 1.4% Costa Rica
2010s 6.0% 5.6% 0.4% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or Paraguay?
Costa Rica, at 6.0% against 5.6% in Paraguay as of 2016.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
0.4%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2011.
How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for repetition rate in grade 2 of primary education, both sexes?
Costa Rica ranks 51st and Paraguay ranks 54th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 2 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 2 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,067 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.