IndicatorNICNicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.08rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)20.2rank #187Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #154Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.09rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #152Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)34rank #176Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.08rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.56%rank #134Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.1rank #130Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)65.4rank #116Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)39.3rank #173Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)32.5rank #194Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.01rank #159Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.15rank #135Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.02rank #151Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)25.4rank #194Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)54.9%rank #3Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.53rank #124Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)30.5%rank #57Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)14.5%rank #43Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table46,859.6rank #133Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.2%rank #33Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT62.7%rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)82.8%rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)6.8%rank #28Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)22.24Brank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.9%rank #49Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)3,173.3rank #135Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)7,933.5rank #131Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)6,881.5rank #134Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)16.3%rank #77Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)25.8%rank #43Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)28.5%rank #42Data 2024 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)0.6%rank #115Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table2.3rank #104Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29.3%rank #47Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)2.1%rank #59Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT66.1%rank #53Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)26.6%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.11%rank #90Data 2015 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)71.3rank #41Data 1997 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)20.1%rank #38Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.38rank #103Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)96.4%rank #49Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)5%rank #87Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT5.1%rank #91Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)38.9%rank #117Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)9.5%rank #67Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT9.6%rank #66Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)41.6%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)54.9%rank #44Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)8.89Brank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)12.43Brank #108Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data1.1rank #53Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,760.2rank #123Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)8.3%rank #57Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)9.4rank #48Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)75.1rank #106Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)60rank #44Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)85%rank #15Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.68rank #105Data 2018 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)20.4rank #123Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)16.9rank #73Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)4.2rank #45Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)43rank #67Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF11.2rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)17.3%rank #54Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)87.3%rank #25Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.9%rank #85Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.5rank #146Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)9.9rank #95Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)81.7%rank #114Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)109.5%rank #30Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)70.2%rank #121Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)30.4%rank #93Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)19.1rank #79Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)2.2rank #93Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP25.3rank #145Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-1.2rank #142Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)7.01Mrank #108Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)1.3%rank #80Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP79.2rank #109Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP8,756.4rank #108Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP52.9rank #127Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)59.4%rank #117Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data5.63Mrank #133Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data0.81rank #157Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)88.7%rank #33Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber14.4%rank #88Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber0.66%rank #134Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber12.4%rank #24Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)646.7rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)25.8%rank #116Data 2023 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch3.9rank #80Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber300.9rank #64Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data62.4%rank #45Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)50.4%rank #44Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch26.3rank #79Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)72.2%rank #41Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)613.3rank #112Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)58,165rank #95Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)0.81%rank #20Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)21.2%rank #69Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)42.3%rank #87Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)18,005rank #70Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)2,515.3rank #104Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)122rank #43Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)3.5rank #99Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)106rank #109Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)94rank #168Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR269,315rank #176Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)6.6%rank #31Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)51.3%rank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)5.8rank #108Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.95rank #62Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.41rank #92Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)46.2rank #62Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)11.3rank #89Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.71rank #95Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.54rank #88Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)61.4%rank #132Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data6.3rank #49Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.67rank #66Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #105Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.01rank #82Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.07rank #108Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.29rank #130Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR311rank #136Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR35,341rank #139Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT22%rank #114Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP39rank #9Data 1990 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4rank #33Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.9rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.3rank #33Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.4rank #53Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.3rank #40Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)7.9rank #58Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.6rank #43Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP39rank #13Data 1990 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.8rank #45Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.1rank #21Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.9rank #6Data 2026 · Status unspecified