Costa Rica vs Kenya: Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes
Costa Rica
3.2%
in 2016
Kenya
3.6%
in 2014
Costa Rica rank
64th
Kenya rank
62nd
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes over time
- Costa Rica
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3.6% against 3.2% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 64th and Kenya ranks 62nd of 178 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Kenya in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.6% | 6.1% | 4.6% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 13.0% | 12.6% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 6.2% | 2.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 3.6% | 0.5% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher repetition rate in grade 4 of primary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 3.6% against 3.2% in Costa Rica as of 2014.
- What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 4 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Kenya?
- 0.4%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kenya?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.
- How do Costa Rica and Kenya rank globally for repetition rate in grade 4 of primary education, both sexes?
- Costa Rica ranks 64th and Kenya ranks 62nd of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 4 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.