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🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Republic of Nicaragua

NIC NI C$ Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO)

Every statistic we track for Nicaragua — 107 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →

GDP per capita (PPP)

$10,211

#133 of 191

Life expectancy

76.4 yrs

#57 of 188

Happiness score

6.30

#51 of 147

Liberal democracy

0.02

#175 of 179

All indicators

📈 Economy

Account Ownership 23.5% #136/139 2024
Bank Account Ownership 23.5% #136/139 2024
Bank Branches 9.4 #95/153 2024
Big Mac Price 4.8 #28/53 2026
Currency Valuation vs USD (Big Mac) -22.4% #28/53 2026
Current Account Balance 6.4% #27/190 2026
Debit Card Ownership 13.9% #114/140 2024
Digital Payments Usage 16.4% #95/97 2024
Exchange Rate (per US$) 36.6 #74/197 2024
Extreme Poverty 0% #170/237 2023
Fiscal Balance 1.4% #14/189 2026
GDP (current US$) 24.2 #125/190 2026
GDP (PPP) 69.5 #120/191 2026
GDP per Capita 3,559 #139/190 2026
GDP per Capita (Long Run) 5,093 #121/165 2022
GDP per Capita (PPP) 10,211 #133/191 2026
GDP per Capita Growth 2.7% #95/184 2019
Government Debt 33.2% #140/185 2026
Income per Person 3,605 #135/183 2018
Income per Person 3,605 #135/183 2018
Inflation (CPI) 3.5% #93/191 2026
Made a Digital Payment 18% #117/144 2017
Mobile Money Account 8.1% #71/80 2024
Real GDP Growth 3.8% #59/191 2026
Share of World GDP (PPP) 0% #127/191 2026
Total GDP (Long Run) 32,764,782,125 #126/165 2022
Unemployment Rate 2.7% #94/103 2026

👥 Demographics

Fertility Rate (WB) 2.2 #93/217 2024
Median Age 26.3 #161/235 2026
Population 6 #110/229 2013
Population 6.8 #102/191 2026
Population Density 59 #159/235 2026
Refugees by Country of Origin 35,341 #39/195 2025
Urban Population 59.3% #125/213 2024

🌐 Connectivity

Access to Electricity 88.3% #161/214 2023
Internet Users 61.4% #134/182 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 104.3 #129/209 2022
Read News Online 37.4% #43/75 2024

🫀 Health

Adult Obesity 33.7% #35/199 2022
Alcohol Consumption per Capita 4.2 #110/207 2022
Child Mortality (under-5) 1.1 #118/199 2024
Health Spending (QoG) 9% #44/189 2022
Hypertension Prevalence 35.8% #119/194 2019
Infant Mortality (QoG) 10.3 #113/191 2023
Life Expectancy 76.4 #57/188 2013
Life Expectancy 75.4 #66/186 2020
Suicide Rate 4.2 #143/185 2021
Universal Health Coverage Index 70 #110/195 2023

🎓 Education

Education Spending (QoG) 2.9% #78/112 2023
Mean Years of Schooling 7.8 #107/146 2020

🌱 Environment

CO₂ per Capita (WB) 0.8 #146/203 2024
Energy Use per Person 633 #111/149 2023
Renewable Electricity 62.4% #51/195 2024

🏛️ Governance

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) 0.1 #176/179 2025
Clean Elections (V-Dem) 0.1 #142/179 2025
Control of Corruption (QoG) -1.4 #181/192 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 14 #171/179 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) 14 #169/177 2024
Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) 0 #177/179 2025
Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #167/179 2025
Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #158/179 2025
Freedom House Status (QoG) 3 #35/193 2024
Freedom in the World Score 16 #167/196 2024
Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) 0 #178/179 2025
Gender Equality (V-Dem) 0.5 #151/179 2025
Government Effectiveness (QoG) -1.1 #170/192 2024
Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) 0 #179/179 2025
Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) 0 #175/179 2025
Military Spending 0.6% #136/150 2025
Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #149/179 2025
Political Corruption (V-Dem) 0.9 #3/179 2025
Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) 29.2 #156/173 2024
Rule of Law (V-Dem) 0 #179/179 2025
Voice & Accountability (QoG) -1.7 #183/192 2024

📰 Media & news

Press Freedom Index 25 #165/177 2026

🛡️ Safety

Homicide Rate 8.4 #61/204 2023
Road Traffic Deaths 13.6 #86/195 2021

⚠️ Risk & resilience

Climate Seen as a Threat 81.7% #100/142 2023
Confident Can Protect Family 66.6% #12/142 2023
Disaster Exposure (WRI) 18.7 #16/193 2025
Experienced a Disaster 32.2% #48/142 2023
Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) 14.6% #18/139 2023
INFORM Risk Index 4.5 #72/191 2025
Resilience to Risk (WRP) 57.4 #45/141 2023
World Risk Index 23.6 #20/193 2025
Worry About Violent Crime 48.2% #122/142 2023

😊 Wellbeing

Happiness (Cantril Ladder) 6.3 #51/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Freedom 1 #34/146 2025
Happiness Driver: GDP 1.3 #107/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Generosity 0.1 #81/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy 0.7 #45/146 2025
Happiness Driver: Low Corruption 0.3 #21/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Social Support 1.3 #64/147 2025
Human Development Index 0.7 #123/193 2023

🧭 Attitudes & values

Attended a Demonstration 12.9% #61/151 2017
Believe Vaccines Are Effective 90.2% #31/143 2018
Believe Vaccines Are Safe 92.9% #9/143 2018
Secular Values 0.4 #37/64 2022
Self-Expression Values 0.4 #44/64 2022
Signed a Petition 11.4% #82/121 2017
Trade Union Membership 3.8% #107/120 2017
Trust in government 4 #97/123 2017
Trust in parliament 3.9 #109/151 2017
Trust in political parties 3.3 #85/120 2017
Trust in Science 67% #103/143 2018
Trust in Scientists 48% #127/143 2018
Trust in the legal system 4.1 #127/153 2017

Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.