Nicaragua vs Singapore: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education

Nicaragua
17.2%
in 2010
Singapore
15.3%
in 2010
Nicaragua rank
45th
Singapore rank
48th

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education over time

  • Nicaragua
  • Singapore
1020304050196019852010

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 17.2% against 15.3% in Singapore, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Singapore's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Nicaragua ranks 45th and Singapore ranks 48th of 144 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nicaragua Singapore Difference Ahead
1960s 52.5% 46.2% 6.3% Nicaragua
1970s 46.9% 33.3% 13.6% Nicaragua
1980s 41.7% 24.7% 17.1% Nicaragua
1990s 33.9% 12.2% 21.7% Nicaragua
2000s 24.6% 14.1% 10.5% Nicaragua
2010s 17.2% 15.3% 2.0% Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education, Nicaragua or Singapore?
Nicaragua, at 17.2% against 15.3% in Singapore as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education between Nicaragua and Singapore?
1.9%, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Singapore?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Nicaragua and Singapore rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
Nicaragua ranks 45th and Singapore ranks 48th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education. 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

Nicaragua vs Singapore: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-15-with-no-education/nicaragua/singapore/

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/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-15-with-no-education/nicaragua/singapore/">Nicaragua vs Singapore: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 15+ with no education