Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total was 0.44 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua stood at 0.44. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua peaked at 0.44 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.06, in 1960.
Nicaragua ranks 65th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.06 | — |
| 1965 | 0.09 | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 0.17 | +88.9% |
| 1975 | 0.21 | +23.5% |
| 1980 | 0.27 | +28.6% |
| 1985 | 0.35 | +29.6% |
| 1990 | 0.37 | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 0.38 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.4 | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.44 | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.075 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.375 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More education data for Nicaragua
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 427,559 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9744 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0627 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 452,521 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8482 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0663 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 463,660 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.92 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29,707 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total in Nicaragua was 0.44 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.44 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 in 1960.
- How does Nicaragua rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Nicaragua ranks 65th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people over age 25.