Education in Nicaragua 1,654 indicators covering education for Nicaragua. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population, age 14, male 65,777 2015 down 4.3% 94th Population, age 15, male 65,944 2015 down 0.9% 94th Population, age 16, male 66,029 2015 up 3.1% 93rd Population, age 17, male 66,086 2015 up 6.6% 93rd Population, age 18, male 66,084 2015 up 8.8% 93rd Population, age 19, male 65,970 2015 up 10.1% 93rd Population, age 20, male 65,812 2015 up 11.7% 92nd Population, age 21, male 65,693 2015 up 13.5% 91st Population, age 22, male 64,948 2015 up 15.1% 93rd Population, age 23, male 63,279 2015 up 16.6% 96th Population, age 24, male 61,022 2015 up 18.2% 100th Population, age 25, male 58,758 2015 up 19.6% 100th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.1% 2010 down 90.8% 71st Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 3.6% 2007 up 70.5% 51st Government expenditure on pre-primary education, PPP$ 71.31 millions 2023 up 92.1% 90th Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female 19,899 number 2010 down 64.0% 50th Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 26,768 number 2010 down 64.0% 47th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant PPP$ 71.31 millions 2023 up 22.7% 93rd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 26.7% 2014 up 46.7% 112th Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary 26.7% 2014 up 46.7% 112th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 28.5% 2014 up 52.4% 108th Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary 28.5% 2014 up 52.4% 108th Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary 24.7% 2014 up 40.3% 117th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 24.7% 2014 up 40.3% 117th Proportion of total government spending on essential services 18.0% 2024 down 21.8% 21st Initial government funding per pre-primary student as a percentage of 3.3% 2023 down 22.8% 101st Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes 2,238 number 2010 up 39.2% 69th Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary 29.33 2010 down 8.3% 16th Trained teachers in upper secondary education, female 68.1% 2008 up 23.9% 61st Trained teachers in upper secondary education, male 55.6% 2008 up 43.6% 67th Modern contraception usage vs. average years of schooling for women 77.4% 2012 up 17.1% 5th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.13 GPIA 2014 up 7.0% 10th Share in poverty vs. educational attainment 9.84 years 2040 up 12.1% 99th Initial government funding per pre-primary student, constant PPP$ 270.52 2023 up 1.5% 95th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, female 2.3% 2007 up 52.4% 55th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 3.6% 2007 up 70.5% 52nd Government expenditure on secondary education, PPP$ 224.34 millions 2023 up 63.0% 110th Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 780.86 millions 2023 up 88.6% 85th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 224.34 millions 2023 up 4.1% 110th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 877 number 2010 up 29.0% 66th Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 780.86 millions 2023 up 20.5% 86th Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary 34.71 2010 up 8.5% 3rd 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 84.55 2010 up 21.7% 86th Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 index 2014 down 1.4% 6th Average years of schooling 7.76 years 2020 up 13.8% 81st Share of the population with tertiary education 14.3% 2020 up 21.2% 59th Share of population with no formal education 9.7% 2020 down 37.0% 30th Share of the population with at least some formal education 90.3% 2020 up 6.7% 82nd Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 83.4% 2023 up 2.6% 45th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 19.2% 2023 down 16.6% 15th Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 10.7% 2023 down 3.8% 93rd Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 81.0% 2023 down 16.0% 122nd Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 887.26 2023 up 26.5% 89th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 8.9% 2014 up 117.1% 92nd Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 32.7% 2023 up 322.8% 4th Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 0 years 2025 — 43rd Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 3 years 2025 unchanged 12th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 73.5% 2014 up 12.0% 96th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 8.2% 2014 up 105.0% 98th Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 79.8% 2010 up 12.0% 80th ← Previous Page 22 of 28 Next →