Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 64.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua, 1979–2010
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua is 64.7%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua peaked at 64.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 20.2%, in 1979.
That places Nicaragua 136th out of 187 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 20.2% | — |
| 1987 | 21.6% | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 25.9% | +19.7% |
| 1989 | 22.5% | -13.3% |
| 1991 | 28.5% | +27.0% |
| 1992 | 26.7% | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 26.8% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 28.7% | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 32.1% | +11.6% |
| 1999 | 44.1% | +37.5% |
| 2000 | 45.2% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 46.2% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 49.7% | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 54.4% | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 59.1% | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 60.1% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 61.9% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 59.0% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 64.7% | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.2% | 20.2% | 20.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 23.3% | 21.6% | 25.9% | 3 |
| 1990s | 31.1% | 26.7% | 44.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 54.4% | 45.2% | 61.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 64.7% | 64.7% | 64.7% | 1 |
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More education data for Nicaragua
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 13.43 % change on previous year (1992)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23,138 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,569 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 110,644 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 14.74 % change on previous year (1992)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 80,313 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 12.16 % change on previous year (1992)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nicaragua was 64.7% in 2010, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 64.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.2% in 1979.
- How does Nicaragua rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Nicaragua ranks 136th out of 187 countries with data for 2010.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.