Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female

Costa Rica
2.9%
in 2015
Uruguay
3.1%
in 2015
Costa Rica rank
58th
Uruguay rank
57th

Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
2.557.51012.515197019922015

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 3.1% against 2.9% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2%.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 58th and Uruguay ranks 57th of 171 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 11.4% 11.4% 0.0% Costa Rica
1980s 9.3% 6.7% 2.6% Costa Rica
1990s 7.5% 6.8% 0.7% Costa Rica
2000s 5.3% 5.4% 0.1% Uruguay
2010s 3.2% 3.5% 0.2% Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, female, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 3.1% against 2.9% in Costa Rica as of 2015.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, female between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.2%, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
27 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2015.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for repetition rate in grade 3 of primary education, female?
Costa Rica ranks 58th and Uruguay ranks 57th of 171 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
171 places, 3,281 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of female repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of female enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of female repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of female pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.