Nicaragua — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Nicaragua, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Nicaragua was 3,173 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 127 in 1960 (about 24.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.07% per year.
Nicaragua ranks 157 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Nicaragua sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 53%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 39 of 40 economies; Haiti (2,694) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 115% in 1994. That is 37% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1965; grown tenfold by 2007. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 82nd of 111 in 1960 → 91st of 146 in 1970 → 120th of 163 in 1980 → 181st of 192 in 1990 → 134th of 204 in 2000 → 164th of 212 in 2010 → 167th of 210 in 2020 → 135th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,173.34 | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 2,847.88 | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 2,609.44 | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 2,322.89 | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 2,138.39 | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 1,938.45 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,958.62 | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 2,035.17 | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 2,182.61 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,131.69 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 2,074.46 | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 1,958.37 | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 1,835.44 | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,784.7 | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 1,679.71 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1,526.57 | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 1,467.08 | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,523.68 | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 1,350.38 | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 1,248.17 | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 1,183.3 | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 1,098.62 | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 1,021.35 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,014.33 | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 1,051.87 | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,017.31 | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 980.22 | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 949.16 | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 912.76 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 910.86 | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 891.78 | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 849.18 | +115.3% |
| 1993 | 394.38 | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 411.47 | +17.7% |
| 1991 | 349.51 | +44.1% |
| 1990 | 242.51 | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 249.16 | -62.4% |
| 1988 | 662.31 | -33.2% |
| 1987 | 992.02 | +30.4% |
| 1986 | 760.59 | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 724.06 | -15.9% |
| 1984 | 861.43 | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 779.85 | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 713.78 | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 739.67 | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 659.3 | +33.1% |
| 1979 | 495.37 | -28.3% |
| 1978 | 690.74 | -7.2% |
| 1977 | 744.19 | +17.6% |
| 1976 | 632.57 | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 561.46 | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 556.87 | +35.0% |
| 1973 | 412.53 | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 341.38 | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 331.45 | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 321.32 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 319.37 | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 304.44 | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 297.95 | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 284 | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 272.25 | +57.7% |
| 1964 | 172.68 | +13.3% |
| 1963 | 152.46 | +7.1% |
| 1962 | 142.3 | +7.0% |
| 1961 | 132.94 | +4.3% |
| 1960 | 127.48 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Nicaragua’s GDP per capita in 1961?
132.94 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Nicaragua’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Nicaragua’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2389.2% in total — about 5.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,173.34; 2024: 2,847.88; 2023: 2,609.44; 2022: 2,322.89; 2021: 2,138.39. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.