Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua

Nicaragua: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education was 16.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
16.9%
World rank
39th
of 144 countries
All-time high
62.2%
in 1960
All-time low
16.9%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua, 1960–2010

20304050601960198520101960: 62.21965: 62.21970: 62.21975: 62.21980: 62.21985: 62.21990: 45.21995: 35.22000: 25.12005: 18.42010: 16.9

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua is 16.9%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua peaked at 62.2% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 16.9%, in 2010.

Nicaragua ranks 39th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 62.2%
1965 62.2% +0.0%
1970 62.2% +0.0%
1975 62.2% +0.0%
1980 62.2% +0.0%
1985 62.2% +0.0%
1990 45.2% -27.3%
1995 35.2% -22.2%
2000 25.1% -28.6%
2005 18.4% -26.7%
2010 16.9% -8.4%

Nicaragua compared with similar countries

  • Nicaragua's 16.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 27.2%, 62% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
  • Nicaragua's 16.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.8%, 6.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 62.2% 62.2% 62.2% 2
1970s 62.2% 62.2% 62.2% 2
1980s 62.2% 62.2% 62.2% 2
1990s 40.2% 35.2% 45.2% 2
2000s 21.8% 18.4% 25.1% 2
2010s 16.9% 16.9% 16.9% 1

Countries ranked near Nicaragua

  1. 36 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% compare
  2. 37 Uganda 19.0% compare
  3. 38 Algeria 17.0% compare
  4. 40 Iraq 16.4% compare
  5. 41 Zambia 16.0% compare
  6. 42 Libya 14.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua?
Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education in Nicaragua was 16.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education recorded in Nicaragua?
The highest recorded value was 62.2% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education recorded in Nicaragua?
The lowest recorded value was 16.9% in 2010.
How does Nicaragua rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education?
Nicaragua ranks 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education rising or falling in Nicaragua?
Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 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
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Percentage of female population age 30-34 with no education