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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 →
$10,211
76.4 yrs
6.30
0.02
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 23.5% | #136/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 23.5% | #136/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 9.4 | #95/153 | 2024 |
| Big Mac Price | 4.8 | #28/53 | 2026 |
| Currency Valuation vs USD (Big Mac) | -22.4% | #28/53 | 2026 |
| Current Account Balance | 6.4% | #27/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 13.9% | #114/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 16.4% | #95/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 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 |
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