Education in Nicaragua 1,654 indicators covering education for Nicaragua. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 59.3% 2025 up 14.5% 118th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.27 modelled data 2025 up 1.8% 7th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 43.5% 2025 up 11.1% 140th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 39.5% 2025 up 15.8% 110th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 45.7% 2025 up 17.4% 105th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.27 modelled data 2025 up 1.7% 16th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 33.5% 2025 up 14.0% 115th Teachers in secondary education, male 4,772 2023 down 29.0% 133rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.2% 2025 down 5.3% 106th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.0% 2025 up 17.2% 93rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.0% 2025 up 7.2% 100th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 35.7% 2023 — 114th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 25.2% 2023 — 111th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.29 GPIA 2023 — 73rd Primary education, teachers 77.9% 2023 up 1.1% 96th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 10,289 number 2010 up 60.1% 83rd Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.52 % change on previous year 2008 up 239.0% 53rd Repeaters, primary, total 7.9% 2010 up 55.1% 41st School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.86 years 2023 — 114th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.35 years 2023 — 112th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.28 GPIA 2023 — 78th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 3.7% 2010 down 75.2% 81st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 11.79 years 2023 — 134th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 81.7% 2022 down 1.3% 151st Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 6,547 number 2002 up 187.9% 106th Persistence to grade 5, total 51.4% 2007 up 6.0% 157th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 48.4% 2007 up 5.4% 170th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 150 2024 down 28.2% 102nd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 256 2024 down 17.2% 92nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 485 2024 down 9.9% 91st Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 683 2024 down 10.6% 93rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 139.7% 2010 down 3.9% 10th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 146.2% 2010 down 4.6% 10th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 14.9% 2023 down 2.8% 86th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.01 years 2023 up 19.9% 88th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.96 years 2023 up 18.6% 87th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% 64th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.3% 2023 up 3.3% 56th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 25 2023 down 93.9% 128th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 3,312 2023 down 66.5% 119th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2002 down 14.9% 59th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 4,270 2023 — 86th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 44.6% 2023 — 83rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 5,295 2023 — 95th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.4% 2100 down 26.8% 38th Number of adults with no formal education by region 117,600 people 2100 down 28.8% 62nd Population by level of education 2.66 million people 2100 up 9.7% 118th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.945 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 4.4% 93rd Repeaters, primary, female 6.6% 2010 up 50.5% 44th Repeaters, primary, male 9.2% 2010 up 57.7% 36th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 11.98 years 2023 — 131st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.61 years 2023 — 135th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2023 — 106th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 96.0% 2010 down 1.3% 102nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 80.5% 2022 up 0.1% 145th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 82.9% 2022 down 2.7% 146th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 2.6% 58th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 9,881 number 2010 up 58.1% 76th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 60.7% 2014 up 23.3% 49th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 61.8% 2014 up 23.3% 62nd ← Previous Page 8 of 28 Next →