Nicaragua

Adult literacy in Nicaragua

Adult literacy in Nicaragua: 76.7% in 2001 and 87.3% in 2014, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2014
87.3%
Since 2001
+10.6 percentage points
World, 2014
85.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in NicaraguaAdult literacy in Nicaragua: 76.7% in 2001 and 87.3% in 2014, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 85.6% in 2014.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearNicaraguaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
201487.385.6
2013–85.2
201285.684.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
20057882.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
200176.781.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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