NationMaster - Nicaraguan Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	4.6		[71st of 100]
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 spending (% of GDP)	3.1%		[106th of 132]
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]
Grade 1 intake rate	39.7		[87th of 114]
Primary school girls out of school	19%		[50th of 99]
Private school enrolment > Secondary level	32.9		[24th of 131]
Progression to secondary level	101		[6th of 97]
Public spending per student > Primary level	20.5		[29th of 126]
Pupils reaching grade 5	48.4		[104th of 108]
Tertiary enrollment	11.5%		[91st of 151]
Unemployment with primary education, female > % of female unemployment	42.6 %	...	[16th of 72]
Unemployment with primary education, male > % of male unemployment	55.8 %	...	[15th of 72]
Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment	24.8 %	...	[63rd of 77]
World Organization of the Scout Movement > Members > Admits Boys/Girls	both

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; World Bank; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members

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

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