Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes

Costa Rica
0.7%
in 2016
Uruguay
0.8%
in 2016
Costa Rica rank
93rd
Uruguay rank
91st

Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
02468197019932016

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 93rd and Uruguay ranks 91st of 131 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 1.7% 7.4% 5.7% Uruguay
1980s 1.6% 3.5% 1.8% Uruguay
1990s 0.9% 3.1% 2.2% Uruguay
2000s 0.8% 2.0% 1.1% Uruguay
2010s 1.1% 1.2% 0.1% Uruguay

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 Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Costa Rica as of 2016.
What is the difference in repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.1%, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
34 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for repetition rate in grade 6 of primary education, both sexes?
Costa Rica ranks 93rd and Uruguay ranks 91st 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-6-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/costa-rica/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/repetition-rate-in-grade-6-of-primary-education-both-sexes-percent/costa-rica/uruguay/">Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
131 places, 2,733 data points, 1970–2018
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.