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Central America and the Caribbean > Nicaragua > Education

Average years of schooling of adults 4.6 [71st of 100]
Children out of school, primary 53,436 Time series [33rd of 126]
Duration of compulsory education 6 years [165th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [128th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 5 [177th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 100,363 Time series [80th of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP) 3.1% [106th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 15% [49th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate 76 Time series [89th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 35.5% [104th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 49.4% [13th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 53.4% [12th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 68.914 [105th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ 32.5% Time series [33rd of 138]
Primary school girls out of school 19% [50th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 15 % Time series [41st of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 20.5 [29th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 33.56 Time series [34th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment 11.5% [91st of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 1.06 Time series [1st of 138]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; World Development Indicators database; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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