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ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION AND OPPORTUNITY ........ 95 0.635 0.596

Labour force participation ................ ................ ......116 0.60 0.67 49 82 0.60

Wage equality for similar work (survey) ................ ...93 0.61 0.61 0.61

Estimated earned income (PPP US$) ................ ......112 0.46 0.53 2,758 5,933 0.46

Legislators, senior officials and managers ............... 20 0.69 0.27 41 59 0.69

Professional and technical workers .............. ............. 1 1.00 0.65 51 49 1.05

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT .............. ................. .....33 1.000 0.935

Literacy rate ................ ................. ................ ........... 56 1.00 0.87 78 78 1.00

Enrolment in primary education ............... ................ ..1 1.00 0.94 92 91 1.01

Enrolment in secondary education ................ ............. 1 1.00 0.62 49 42 1.14

Enrolment in tertiary education ................ ................ ..1 1.00 0.88 19 17 1.09

HEALTH AND SURVIVAL ................ ................ ............. 1 0.980 0.960

Sex ratio at birth (female/male) ............... ................ ..1 0.94 0.92 0.95

Healthy life expectancy ................. ................ ............. 1 1.06 1.04 66 61 1.08

POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT ......................................4 0.544 0.214

Women in parliament.............. ................. ................ ..7 0.74 0.25 42 58 0.74

Women in ministerial positions ................ ................ ..1 1.00 0.20 57 43 1.33

Years with female head of state (last 50) .............. ...15 0.16 0.20 7 43 0.16

NicaraguaKey Demographic and Economic Indicators

GDP (US$ billions) .................................................................................8.31

GDP (PPP) per capita (constant 2011, international $) .........................4,293

Total population (millions) .....................................................................6.08

Population growth (%) ..........................................................................1.47Overall population sex ratio (male/female) ............................................0.98

Gender Gap Index 2014

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6 0.789 (out of 142 countries) (0.00 = inequality, 1.00 = equality)

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EMPLOYMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Female, male adult unemployment rate

(as % of female, male labour force) ...........................................................8.8,7.4

Female, male part-time employment

(as % of total female, male employment) ..............................................43.0,21.0

Female, male workers in informal employment

(as % of non-agricultural employment)........................................................49,51

Share of women employed in the non-agricultural sector

(% of total non-agricultural employment) ......................................................... 38

Average minutes spent per day on unpaid work (female, male) .....................,

Percentage of women, men with an account

at a formal financial institution ....................................................................13,16

Ability of women to rise to positions of enterprise leadership1............................ 4.2

Firms with female top managers (% of firms) ...................................................... 32

Share of women on boards of listed companies (%) ............................................

Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) ................................... 62

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

Percentage of Internet users (female, male) ...................................................,

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Percentage of tertiary-level STEM students (female, male) ............................,Percentage of tertiary-level STEM graduates (female, male) ..........................,

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HEALTH

Cardiovascular disease age-standardized deaths

per 100,000 (female, male) ...............................................................197.8,262.0

Cancer age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male),

excl. non-melanoma skin cancer ...........................................................90.2,98.0

Diabetes age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male) ................47.7,41.4

Respiratory diseases age-standardized deaths

per 100,000 (female, male) ...................................................................29.1,41.4

HIV age-standard ized deaths per 100,000 (female, male) .............................1.4,4.6

Malaria age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male) ......................0.0,0.0

Tuberculosis age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male)...............3.1,6.8

Malnutrition prev., weight for age (female, male) (% of children