Compulsory education, duration in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Compulsory education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Nicaragua, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Nicaragua is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Nicaragua peaked at 7 years in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1998.
Nicaragua ranks 168th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.4 years | 6 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Nicaragua
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.3% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 29,707 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 108.0% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 111.0% (2023)
- Labor force, female 39.9% (2025)
- Labor force, total 3.32 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Nicaragua?
- Compulsory education, duration in Nicaragua was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 2006.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1998.
- How does Nicaragua rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Nicaragua ranks 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.