Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua

Nicaragua: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education was 56.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
56.0%
World rank
62nd
of 144 countries
All-time high
64.5%
in 1985
All-time low
56.0%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua, 1960–2010

02040601960198520101960: 62.81965: 63.31970: 63.51975: 63.91980: 64.11985: 64.51990: 62.71995: 61.72000: 60.42005: 58.62010: 56

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua is 56.0%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua peaked at 64.5% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 56.0%, in 2010.

That places Nicaragua 62nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 62.8%
1965 63.3% +0.9%
1970 63.5% +0.3%
1975 63.9% +0.6%
1980 64.1% +0.3%
1985 64.5% +0.7%
1990 62.7% -2.8%
1995 61.7% -1.7%
2000 60.4% -2.0%
2005 58.6% -3.0%
2010 56.0% -4.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 63.0% 62.8% 63.3% 2
1970s 63.7% 63.5% 63.9% 2
1980s 64.3% 64.1% 64.5% 2
1990s 62.2% 61.7% 62.7% 2
2000s 59.5% 58.6% 60.4% 2
2010s 56.0% 56.0% 56.0% 1

Countries ranked near Nicaragua

  1. 59 Zambia 59.0% compare
  2. 60 Hong Kong, China 58.8% compare
  3. 61 Namibia 57.0% compare
  4. 63 Portugal 55.6% compare
  5. 64 China 54.9% compare
  6. 65 Honduras 54.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua?
Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Nicaragua was 56.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Nicaragua?
The highest recorded value was 64.5% in 1985.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Nicaragua?
The lowest recorded value was 56.0% in 2010.
How does Nicaragua rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education?
Nicaragua ranks 62nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Nicaragua?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education