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

5,379 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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

Nicaragua

311,689 number

in 2015

Sweden

306,310 number

in 2018

Nicaragua rank

96th

Sweden rank

97th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Nicaragua
Sweden

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 311,689 number against 306,310 number in Sweden, a difference of 5,379 number.

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

Nicaragua ranks 96th and Sweden ranks 97th 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	139,856 number	300,117 number	160,261 number	Sweden
1980s	177,464 number	294,053 number	116,589 number	Sweden
1990s	234,168 number	294,247 number	60,078 number	Sweden
2000s	299,570 number	272,813 number	26,758 number	Nicaragua
2010s	314,658 number	339,749 number	25,090 number	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Nicaragua or Sweden?: Nicaragua, at 311,689 number against 306,310 number in Sweden as of 2015.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Nicaragua and Sweden?: 5,379 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, male?: Nicaragua ranks 96th and Sweden ranks 97th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (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, male (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

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