Nicaragua

Girls in primary school in Nicaragua

Girls in primary school in Nicaragua: 0.7% in 1820 and 96% in 2010, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2010
96%
Since 1820
+95.3 percentage points
World, 2010
87.9%
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% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

Girls in primary school in NicaraguaGirls in primary school in Nicaragua: 0.7% in 1820 and 96% in 2010, by Our World in Data estimates. The highest was 97.2% in 2008, the lowest 0.7% in 1820.
Estimates, Our World in DataWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 97.2% in 2008, the lowest 0.7% in 1820.

Every year

% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

YearNicaraguaWorld
2018–88.2
2017–88.2
2016–88.3
2015–88.2
2014–88.3
2013–88.2
2012–88.2
2011–88.1
20109687.9
2009–87.9
200897.287.6
200796.587.2
200696.686
2005–85.4
2004–84.7
2003–83.5
200290.581.4
200184.881
20008280.7
199979.279.9
1998–78.9
1997–78.1
1996–77.9
199574.578
19947678.3
19937578
199274.377.7
199170.577.8
199068.277.3
198966.477.6
198868.476.6
19876875.8
198666.675.3
198567.974
19807575.8
197564.172.9
197061.969
196550.266
196050.263.1
195546.457.4
195042.551.4
194538.643.5
194034.740
193530.838.2
193026.936.4
19252333
192021.930.5
191520.829.2
191019.728.1
190518.625.1
190017.423.3
189516.321.8
189015.220
188514.119
188011.417.2
18759.115.7
18707.313.2
18655.810.6
18604.69.3
18553.68
18502.96.8
18452.35.9
18401.85.2
18351.44.5
18301.14
18250.93.5
18200.73.1

Good to know

  • The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
  • Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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