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
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.
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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.