Country
Nicaragua
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Managua
- ISO code
- NI · NIC
71 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 7,934 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 75.1 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.8 t CO₂
Population
- Population 7M 2025 108th of 214
- Population density 57 people/km² 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Population growth 1.31 % per year 2025 79th of 214
- Natural increase 14.8 per 1,000 people 2023 70th of 228
- Net migration -1.2 per 1,000 people 2025 136th of 214
- Fertility rate 2.21 births per woman 2024 92nd of 214
- Urban population 59.4 % 2025 126th of 214
- Median age 25.3 years 2023 157th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 5.7 % 2025 138th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 8.6 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 137th of 214
- Children under 15 28.3 % 2025 79th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 75.1 years 2024 104th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 77.6 years 2024 111th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 72.5 years 2024 100th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.1 years 2024 94th of 214
- Infant mortality 9.4 per 1,000 births 2024 115th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 11.2 per 1,000 births 2024 115th of 195
- Maternal mortality 60 per 100,000 births 2023 86th of 193
- Health spending per person 217 USD 2023 124th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 689 $ (PPP) 2023 116th of 191
- Physicians 0.68 per 1,000 people 2018 121st of 179
- Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 people 2022 124th of 150
- Measles immunization 85 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Undernourishment 17.3 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Calorie supply 2,760 kcal per day 2023 122nd of 175
- Meat supply 36.3 kg per person per year 2023 117th of 175
Economy
- GDP 22.2B USD 2025 126th of 185
- GDP per capita 3,173 USD 2025 134th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 7,934 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 131st of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 5,093 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 121st of 165
- GDP growth 4.9 % 2025 49th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.6 % 2025 58th of 185
- Inflation 2.1 % 2025 111th of 169
- Unemployment 5.0 % 2025 94th of 181
- Youth unemployment 9.5 % 2025 115th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 24.5 % 2014 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 99 % of GDP 2024 60th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 46.2 2014 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Extreme poverty 6.6 % 2014 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Agriculture in the economy 14.5 % of GDP 2024 51st of 187
- Women in the labour force 51.3 % 2025 110th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.706 2023 123rd of 192
- Literacy rate 87.3 % 2014 75th of 122
- Education spending 3.8 % of GDP 2022 89th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 70 % 2023 119th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 30 % 2023 93rd of 127
- Primary completion rate 82 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 54.9 % 2025 3rd of 183
- Homicide rate 11.3 per 100,000 people 2021 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 5.7 Mt CO₂ 2024 131st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.8 t CO₂ 2024 145th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.81 t CO₂ 2024 164th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 130th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 2.8 t CO₂e 2024 128th of 201
- Forest area 25.8 % of land 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Water stress 2 % 2022 144th of 176
- Arable land 12.5 % of land 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Renewable energy 50.4 % of final energy 2021 48th of 210
- Renewable electricity 62.4 % of electricity 2024 51st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 12.4 % of electricity 2024 24th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.7 % of electricity 2024 140th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 300 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 129th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 654 kWh 2024 144th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 20.4 µg/m³ 2023 78th of 199
Nicaragua on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSpanish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldNicaraguan córdoba (NIO)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−6Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 120 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map13 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 3 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)