Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 18 years in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
18 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
53rd
of 169 countries
All-time high
18 years
in 2013
All-time low
18 years
in 2013
Years of data
7
2013–2019
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Nicaragua, 2013–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 18 years for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Nicaragua ranks 53rd of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 18 years | — |
| 2014 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18 years | +0.0% |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 53 Algeria 18 years
- 53 Andorra 18 years compare
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- 53 Bahrain 18 years compare
- 53 Bangladesh 18 years compare
- 53 Belgium 18 years compare
- 53 Benin 18 years compare
- 53 Brazil 18 years compare
- 53 Cape Verde 18 years compare
- 53 Cambodia 18 years compare
- 53 Canada 18 years compare
- 53 China 18 years compare
- 53 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18 years
- 53 Cuba 18 years compare
- 53 Cyprus 18 years compare
- 53 Egypt 18 years compare
- 53 Eritrea 18 years compare
- 53 Eswatini 18 years compare
- 53 Fiji 18 years compare
- 53 Gabon 18 years compare
- 53 Georgia 18 years compare
- 53 Ghana 18 years compare
- 53 Greece 18 years compare
- 53 Guinea-Bissau 18 years compare
- 53 Hong Kong, China 18 years compare
- 53 India 18 years compare
- 53 Iraq 18 years compare
- 53 Ireland 18 years compare
- 53 Israel 18 years compare
- 53 Italy 18 years compare
- 53 Japan 18 years compare
- 53 Kenya 18 years compare
- 53 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 18 years compare
- 53 Kuwait 18 years compare
- 53 Kyrgyzstan 18 years compare
- 53 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18 years compare
- 53 Lesotho 18 years compare
- 53 Liberia 18 years compare
- 53 Libya 18 years compare
- 53 Luxembourg 18 years compare
- 53 Madagascar 18 years compare
- 53 Malawi 18 years compare
- 53 Maldives 18 years compare
- 53 Malta 18 years compare
- 53 Marshall Islands 18 years compare
- 53 Mauritius 18 years compare
- 53 Republic of Moldova 18 years compare
- 53 Monaco 18 years compare
- 53 Mongolia 18 years compare
- 53 Morocco 18 years compare
- 53 Mozambique 18 years
- 53 Namibia 18 years compare
- 53 Naoero 18 years compare
- 53 Nigeria 18 years compare
- 53 Oman 18 years
- 53 Palau 18 years compare
- 53 Panama 18 years compare
- 53 Paraguay 18 years
- 53 Philippines 18 years compare
- 53 Portugal 18 years compare
- 53 Puerto Rico 18 years compare
- 53 Qatar 18 years compare
- 53 Russian Federation 18 years compare
- 53 Samoa 18 years compare
- 53 Saudi Arabia 18 years compare
- 53 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 18 years compare
- 53 Spain 18 years compare
- 53 Sri Lanka 18 years compare
- 53 Syrian Arab Republic 18 years compare
- 53 Tajikistan 18 years
- 53 Thailand 18 years
- 53 Tonga 18 years compare
- 53 Turkmenistan 18 years compare
- 53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18 years
- 53 United States of America 18 years compare
- 53 Uruguay 18 years
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More education data for Nicaragua
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 131,337 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 463,660 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 880,080 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9095 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.129 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 880,080 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.9095 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Nicaragua?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Nicaragua was 18 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 18 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 years in 2013.
- How does Nicaragua rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Nicaragua ranks 53rd out of 169 countries with data for 2019.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age at which students would enter post-secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.