Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes

Costa Rica
3.0%
in 2016
El Salvador
3.1%
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
66th
El Salvador rank
64th

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
51015197019932017

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.1% against 3.0% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 66th and El Salvador ranks 64th of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1970s 12.0% 7.8% 4.2% Costa Rica
1980s 11.7% 6.8% 5.0% Costa Rica
1990s 9.0% 5.1% 3.9% Costa Rica
2000s 6.4% 4.6% 1.8% Costa Rica
2010s 3.9% 4.2% 0.3% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 3.1% against 3.0% in Costa Rica as of 2017.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
0.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
30 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, both sexes?
Costa Rica ranks 66th and El Salvador ranks 64th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%). 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

Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-3-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/costa-rica/el-salvador/

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/repetition-rate-in-grade-3-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/costa-rica/el-salvador/">Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 3,950 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.