What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Nicaragua and Sweden?

6,250 number, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Sweden?

46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nicaragua vs Sweden: School age population, tertiary education, female

Nicaragua

294,831 number

in 2015

Sweden

288,581 number

in 2018

Nicaragua rank

95th

Sweden rank

96th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

Nicaragua
Sweden

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 294,831 number against 288,581 number in Sweden, a difference of 6,250 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 95th and Sweden ranks 96th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1970s	136,714 number	287,434 number	150,720 number	Sweden
1980s	176,681 number	280,840 number	104,159 number	Sweden
1990s	234,288 number	281,766 number	47,478 number	Sweden
2000s	291,784 number	260,810 number	30,974 number	Nicaragua
2010s	300,811 number	323,956 number	23,145 number	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Nicaragua or Sweden?: Nicaragua, at 294,831 number against 288,581 number in Sweden as of 2015.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Nicaragua and Sweden?: 6,250 number, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Sweden?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.
How do Nicaragua and Sweden rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?: Nicaragua ranks 95th and Sweden ranks 96th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.