Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Nicaragua

Literacy rate in Nicaragua in 2014 — 87.33%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 45. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 10.65 pp.

2014 87.33% +1.72 pp vs 2012
World rank 25of 45
Period maximum 87.33%2014
Period minimum 76.68%2001

Trend over time

2001–2014 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Nicaragua, 2001–201475808590200120032005200720092011201320142001: 76.68%2005: 78%2012: 85.61%2014: 87.33%
Change over the period: +10.65 pp Annual average: 0.82 pp

Comparison, 2014

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 87.33%
World 85.56%
Central America computed 92.25%
Literacy rate — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 87.33
2012 85.61
2005 78
2001 76.68

Central America, 2014

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.

Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.