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Nicaragua — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Nicaragua, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3,173
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +2389.2% since 1960
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3,173
First (1960)
127
Change
+2389.2%
Highest
3,173
in 2025
Lowest
127
in 1960
Average
1,023
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.07%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,173.34 |
| 2024 | 2,847.88 |
| 2023 | 2,609.44 |
| 2022 | 2,322.89 |
| 2021 | 2,138.39 |
| 2020 | 1,938.45 |
| 2019 | 1,958.62 |
| 2018 | 2,035.17 |
| 2017 | 2,182.61 |
| 2016 | 2,131.69 |
| 2015 | 2,074.46 |
| 2014 | 1,958.37 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.