Nicaragua vs Romania: Share of the population with tertiary education
Nicaragua
14.3%
in 2020
Romania
14.7%
in 2020
Nicaragua rank
59th
Romania rank
57th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Nicaragua
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 14.7% against 14.3% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Romania ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 59th and Romania ranks 57th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 6 and Romania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Romania |
| 1930s | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.9% | Romania |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.3% | Romania |
| 1950s | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.5% | Romania |
| 1960s | 2.3% | 2.8% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1970s | 5.1% | 4.4% | 0.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 8.1% | 5.7% | 2.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 10.2% | 7.8% | 2.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 10.8% | 10.4% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 12.2% | 13.7% | 1.5% | Romania |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 14.7% | 0.4% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Nicaragua or Romania?
- Romania, at 14.7% against 14.3% in Nicaragua as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Nicaragua and Romania?
- 0.4%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Romania?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Nicaragua and Romania rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Nicaragua ranks 59th and Romania ranks 57th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.