Costa Rica vs Panama: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes
Costa Rica
0.7%
in 2016
Panama
0.6%
in 2013
Costa Rica rank
93rd
Panama rank
96th
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Panama, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Panama ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 93rd and Panama ranks 96th of 131 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.2% | 2.9% | 0.7% | Panama |
| 1980s | 1.9% | 2.8% | 0.9% | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Panama |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes, Costa Rica or Panama?
- Costa Rica, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Panama as of 2016.
- What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 0.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2013.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes?
- Costa Rica ranks 93rd and Panama ranks 96th of 131 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Repetition rate in Grade 6 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.