Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Nicaragua

Gross secondary school enrolment in Nicaragua was 70.2% in 2023.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Nicaragua, 2023 70.2% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2010 −1.2percentage points 2010: 71.4%
World, 2023 77.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 121st of 147 See the full ranking

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Nicaragua over time

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% of the official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period NicaraguaWorld
2024 – 77.3%
2023 70.2% 77.2%
2022 – 77.5%
2021 – 77.3%
2020 – 76.5%
2019 – 76.0%
2018 – 75.5%
2017 – 74.9%
2016 – 75.2%
2015 – 75.0%
2014 – 74.9%
2013 – 74.0%
2012 – 72.7%
2011 – 71.9%
2010 71.4% 70.9%
2009 – 69.4%
2008 70.8% 68.3%
2007 72.2% 66.8%
2006 69.1% 65.4%
2005 68.6% 64.4%
2004 65.4% 63.5%
2003 – 62.4%
2002 60.7% 61.6%
2001 56.4% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 71.4% in 2010, a change of −1.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1999, when it was 51.9%, the figure has changed by +18.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 147 countries with data for 2023, Nicaragua has the 121st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 77.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2023 for Nicaragua
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics