Labor force, total, per capita in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.4737 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Nicaragua, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for labor force, total, per capita in Nicaragua is 0.4737 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Nicaragua peaked at 0.4737 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3127 units per person, in 1990.
Nicaragua ranks 86th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3283 units per person | 0.3127 units per person | 0.353 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3873 units per person | 0.3592 units per person | 0.4135 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4375 units per person | 0.4186 units per person | 0.4499 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4628 units per person | 0.4478 units per person | 0.4737 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 83 Israel 0.477 units per person compare
- 84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4765 units per person compare
- 85 Montenegro 0.476 units per person compare
- 87 Costa Rica 0.471 units per person compare
- 88 El Salvador 0.4696 units per person compare
- 89 Botswana 0.4681 units per person compare
More education data for Nicaragua
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 29,707 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0044 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Nicaragua?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Nicaragua was 0.4737 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4737 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3127 units per person in 1990.
- How does Nicaragua rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Nicaragua ranks 86th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.