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Nicaragua Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Nicaragua.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $19.69B $17.81B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 3.59% 4.43% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $2,290.47 $2,241.12 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $7,661.6 $7,496.53 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $15.84B $15.29B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 4.62% 8.39% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 4.57% 4.72% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 50.1% 49.98% Yearly 2024
Unemployment Rate 2.2% 2.4% Monthly Aug'25
Annual Exports $7.38B $7.36B Yearly 2023
Annual Imports $10.91B $11.25B Yearly 2023
Exports (% GDP) 40.46% 45.85% Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 6.87% 6.26% Yearly 2024
Imports (% GDP) 58.06% 59.15% Yearly 2024
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$3.3B -$2.27B Yearly 2024
Tariff Rate 2.98% 3.04% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 98.53% 105% Yearly 2024
Private Credit (% GDP) 29.73% 30.01% Yearly 2024
Happiness Index 6.33 points 6.28 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 11.01 7.73 Yearly 2021
Population 6.92M 6.82M Yearly 2024
Primary Enrollment Rate 105.91% 105.44% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 42.31% 42.31% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 5.59M tonnes 5.3M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 26.65% 27.48% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -1.39 points -1.29 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index -0.13 points -0.36 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 10.3 10.7 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 74.95 74.46 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.66 0.98 Yearly 2018
Electricity Access 88.3% 86.5% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 58.2% 49.1% Yearly 2023
Visitor Arrivals 474,000 1.46M Yearly 2020