Qualified primary teachers in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, 59.2% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1998.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 1998 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Nicaragua, 2023 59.2% % of primary teachers
Change from 2022 −9.5percentage points 2022: 68.7%

Qualified primary teachers in Nicaragua over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2001 to 2023
Period Nicaragua
2023 59.2%
2022 68.7%
2010 74.9%
2008 72.7%
2007 72.2%
2006 73.6%
2005 76.9%
2004 74.6%
2002 74.2%
2001 72.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −9.5 percentage points from 68.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2000, when it was 72.9%, the figure has changed by −13.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2023 for Nicaragua
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org