Nicaragua
Nicaragua in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Nicaragua recorded GDP per capita: 3,173 (2025), ranking 157 of 212 worldwide; Population: 7.01 million (2025), ranking 108 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 75.1 (2024), ranking 106 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 2.08% (2025), ranking 128 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+9686%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-93%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 7.01 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 22,237,167,113.09 | 2025 | +9686.5% |
| GDP per capita | 3,173.34 | 2025 | +2389.2% |
| GDP growth | 4.92% | 2025 | -34.3% |
| Population | 7,007,502 | 2025 | +293.2% |
| Population growth | 1.31% | 2025 | -56.1% |
| Urban population | 59.44% | 2025 | +51.8% |
| Life expectancy | 75.1 | 2024 | +61.9% |
| Infant mortality | 9.4 | 2024 | -93.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.83 | 2024 | +21.5% |
| GDP (PPP) | 65,057,109,096.24 | 2025 | +689.9% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 9,283.92 | 2025 | +369.2% |
| Labor participation | 66.07% | 2025 | +14.0% |
| Unemployment | 5.04% | 2025 | -36.3% |
| Internet users | 61.4% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 88.7% | 2024 | +23.1% |
| Inflation | 2.08% | 2025 | -70.6% |
| Forest area | 25.82% | 2023 | -51.4% |
| Health spending | 8.3% | 2023 | +58.4% |
| Education spending | 2.87% | 2023 | +40.8% |