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Nicaragua - Country profile

Physical Autonomy

Women’s deaths at the hands of their intimate partner or former partner (Absolute number and rate)

Adolescent women aged 15-19 who are mothers (Percentages)

Maternal mortality ratio (Per 100,000 live births)

Maternal mortality ratio according to data provided by countries to the Pan American Health Organization (Per 100,000 live births)

Unmet need for family planning (Percentages)

Femicide or feminicide, most recent data available (In absolute number and rate per 100.000 women)

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (Percentages)

Autonomy in decision-making

Women’s participation in ministerial cabinets (Percentages)

Women judges in the highest court (Percentages)

Elected mayors who are women (Percentages)

Protocol to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

City councillors who are women (Percentages)

Level within governmental hierarchy of national machineries for the advancement of women

Number of women legislators (Percentages)

Economic Autonomy

Average time spent on paid and unpaid work of the population aged 15 and over, by sex, for the latest available data (Average hours per week)

Urban population without incomes of their own by sex (Percentages)

Rural population without incomes of their own by sex (Percentages)

Economic participation rate of the population 15 years and over by sex and poverty status, urban and rural areas (Percentages)

Unpaid work time by own income and sex (Weekly hours)

Feminity index of poor households (Index)