Country profile
Nicaragua
Americas · Capital: Managua · Currency: Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO)
Nicaragua is a country in Americas, with its capital at Managua. It has a GDP of $19.7B (2024), a population of 7M (2025), a GDP per capita of $2,848.
- GDP
- $19.7B
- GDP per capita
- $2,848
- Population
- 7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $9,284
2024 · #130 of 200
2024 · #150 of 200
2025 · #108 of 216
2025 · #131 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $19.7B2024 · #130
- GDP per capita
- $2,8482024 · #150
- GDP growth
- 3.58%2024 · #89
- Inflation
- 4.63%2024 · #125
- Unemployment
- 5.04%2025 · #88
- Population
- 7M2025 · #108
- GDP (PPP)
- $65.06B2025 · #118
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $9,2842025 · #131
- Gini index
- 46.22014 · #150
- Government debt
- 33.2%2026 · #45
People
- Median age
- 29.0 yrs2024 · #147
- Fertility rate
- 2.2 children/woman2024 · #93
- Urbanization
- 59.4%2025 · #128
- Net migration
- −8,371/yr2025 · #148
- Life expectancy
- 75.1 yrs2024 · #105
- HDI
- 0.7062023 · #123
- Homicide rate
- 11.3 per 100k2021 · #146
Money
- Corporate tax
- 30%2024 · #27
- Big Mac index
- $4.752026-01 · #28
Figures
- Internet users
- 61.4%2024 · #134
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.8 t2024 · #146
- Area
- 130,373 km²#99
- Population density
- 54 /km²2025 · #149
- McDonald's
- 102024 · #85
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 126 destinations2026 · #83
- Corruption index
- 14/1002024 · #173
- Military spending
- 0.5%2024 · #137
- Renewable energy
- 50.4%2021 · #48