Costa Rica vs Tanzania: Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, female

Costa Rica
3.2%
in 2015
Tanzania
4.2%
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
57th
Tanzania rank
55th

Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, female over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 4.2% against 3.2% in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Tanzania ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 57th and Tanzania ranks 55th of 165 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Tanzania Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% Tanzania
1980s 5.2% 10.3% 5.1% Tanzania
1990s 6.8% 12.5% 5.7% Tanzania
2000s 6.6% 8.1% 1.5% Tanzania
2010s 4.6% 5.3% 0.7% Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 4 of primary education, female, Costa Rica or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 4.2% against 3.2% in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 4 of primary education, female between Costa Rica and Tanzania?
1.0%, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Tanzania?
20 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2012.
How do Costa Rica and Tanzania rank globally for repetition rate in grade 4 of primary education, female?
Costa Rica ranks 57th and Tanzania ranks 55th of 165 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 4 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 4 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
165 places, 3,138 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.