Costa Rica vs Egypt: Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes

Costa Rica
2.1%
in 2016
Egypt
2.3%
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
72nd
Egypt rank
70th

Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Egypt
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 2.3% against 2.1% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2%.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Egypt ranks 70th of 157 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Egypt Difference Ahead
1970s 9.7% 0.0% 9.7% Costa Rica
1980s 5.6% 0.0% 5.6% Costa Rica
1990s 6.6% 10.1% 3.5% Egypt
2000s 5.9% 6.3% 0.4% Egypt
2010s 2.1% 3.3% 1.1% Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or Egypt?
Egypt, at 2.3% against 2.1% in Costa Rica as of 2018.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Egypt?
0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Egypt?
13 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2016.
How do Costa Rica and Egypt rank globally for repetition rate in grade 5 of primary education, both sexes?
Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Egypt ranks 70th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 5 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 5 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 3,216 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.