Country comparison Nicaragua vs Dominican Republic 2018

Nicaragua			Dominican Republic
Comptes nationaux - Government
Annual GDP [+]	2016	11,952M.€	64,687M.€	2016	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	13,230M.$	71,673M.$	2016	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	1,943€	6,421€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	2,151$	7,114$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Debt [+]	2016	3,712	22,664	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	4,109	25,087	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	31.05%	34.99%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	604€	2,250€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	668$	2,490$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-191	-1,823	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-211	-2,018	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-1.60%	-2.82%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	3,201.3	11,404.5	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	3,543.6	12,623.6	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2010	296.4	1,746.0	2013	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2010	392.9	2,322.5	2013	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2010	22.75%	20.65%	2013	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			1,413.9	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	23.95%	17.36%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	65.5	413.4	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	72.6	458.1	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2016	3.33%	3.74%	2016	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	26.78%	17.61%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	521€	1,132€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	576$	1,253$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2010	52€	178€	2013	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2010	68$	237$	2013	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	76€	145€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	101$	193$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	11€	41€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	12$	45$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	07/20/2017	B2	Ba3	07/20/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
			BB-	05/20/2015	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	08/23/2017	B+	BB-	11/16/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	26	29	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	93º	104º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	79.0	71.2	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	10/01/2016	18º	100º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	116º	79º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2012Q4	4.4%	6.5%	2016Q4	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2012Q4	140 m.	302 m.	2016Q4	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	145.0 $	170.9 $	2013	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	109.9 €	129.6 €	2013	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2016	95º	80º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			60.5899	03/22/2018	Euro / Dominican pesos [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	March 2018	4.8%	3.9%	March 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			5.00%	06/01/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	131º	99º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	78.92	161.38	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2013	15.00%	18.00%	01/01/2013	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2015	30.0%	25.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	4,576.1 M.€	9,117.5 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	5,169.6 M.$	10,300.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	36.14%	13.77%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	6,311.4 M.€	15,977.7 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	7,130.0 M.$	18,050.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	53.38%	24.42%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-1,735.3 M.€	-6,860.2 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-1,960.4 M.$	-7,750.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-17.24%	-10.65%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	47	207	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	6,149,928	10,075,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	40,262	415,564	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	1,268.1	5,509.0	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	0.66%	4.16%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	125.9	924.1	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	638,958	1,304,493	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	10.51%	13.07%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.645	0.722	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	74º	99º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	10º	97º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	57º	62º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	19.93‰	20.51‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	2.23	2.45	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	4.77‰	6.08‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	75.04	73.70	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2012	675	1,810	2014	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2012	11.49	17.39	2014	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	0.87	2.21	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Nicaragua

Capital: Managua
Population: 6,149,928
Surface Area: 130,370 km2
Currency: Nicaraguan cordobas (1 EUR=31.2637 NIO)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA

Dominican Republic

Capital: Santo Domingo
Population: 10,075,000
Surface Area: 48,670 km2
Currency: Dominican pesos (1 EUR=60.5899 DOP)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: ACP, IMF, OAS, UN, SICA