Nicaragua, is a country located at Central America, it has an area of 130,370 Km2.

Nicaragua, with a population of 6,847,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 53 people per km2.

It's capital is Managua and its currency is Nicaraguan cordobas

Nicaragua is holding the 133 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 6,963 millions of euros (7,531 millions of dollars), ( 42.26% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,017 euros per inhabitant$1,100 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Nicaragua was on April of 2025 and it was 1.7%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Nicaragua, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.669 points in 2022, leaving it in 130th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Nicaragua are business, you must know it's in the 142th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Nicaragua, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Nicaragua Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€16,476M
Annual GDP [+]2023$17,820M
GDP per capita [+]2023€2,406
GDP per capita [+]2023$2,603
Debt (M.€.) [+]20236,963
Debt ($M) [+]20237,531
Debt (%GDP) [+]202342.26%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€1,017
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$1,100
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023385
Deficit ($M) [+]2023416
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20232.33%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20234,293.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]20234,643.3
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021490.6
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2023510,947,396.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20214.09%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022767.8
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022808.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202217.83%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202390.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202397.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.02%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202326.06%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€627
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$678
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€73
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$87
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€114
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$120
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€13
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$14
Moody's Rating [+]03/15/2024B2
S&P Rating [+]10/25/2022B
Fitch Rating [+]11/22/2019B-
Corruption Index [+]202317
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019109º
Fragile States Index [+]202476.7
RTI Raking [+]202424º
Innovation Ranking [+]2024124º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2012Q44.4%
Unemployed [+]2012Q4140K
NMW [+]2024$210.1
NMW [+]2024€190.1
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017108º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/23/202536.6243
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]April 20251.7%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020142º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20191,296
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.24
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201576.35
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202227.8%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201315.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2022817,900
Exports [+]2023€6,823.7M
Exports [+]2023$7,378.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202341.42%
Imports [+]2023€10,095.6M
Imports [+]2023$10,916.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202361.27%
Trade balance [+]2023€-3,271.9M
Trade balance [+]2023$-3,537.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-19.86%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201557º
Density [+]202353
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024113º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,395.2
% Immigrant [+]20200.64%
% Emigrant [+]202010.86%
Birth Rate [+]202319.38‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017134.9
Crude death rate [+]20234.59‰
Fertility Rate [+]20232.22
% risk of poverty [+]201624.9%
Population [+]20236,847,000
Immigrant stock [+]202042,167
Emigrant stock [+]2020718,154
HDI [+]20220.669
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2024
Life expectancy [+]202374.95
Suicides [+]2015577
Suicide rate [+]20159.18
Number of homicides [+]2021754
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202111.35
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.87
Consumption GWh [+]20234,654
Generation GWh [+]20234,368
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024245
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202416,185
Fully vaccinated [+]08/11/20236,126,708
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/202435.78
Doses administered [+]08/11/202315,507,763