International statistics Basic indicators: Nicaragua

Data from selected international sources
Indicator Unit Year Value
Land area km22022120,340
GDP, current prices bn US$202419.7
GDP per capita, current prices US$20242,846
GDP (annual change), constant prices %20243.6
Inflation (annual change of CPI) %20244.6
Gross value added: Agriculture % of GDP202315.3
Gross value added: Industry % of GDP202327.3
Gross value added: Services % of GDP202346.3
Population 1,00020236,823.6
Population, female % of total202350.8
Population density inhab. per km2202256
Population aged under 15 years % of total population202329.2
Population aged 65 years and older % of total population20235.4
Fertility rate, total births per woman20232.22
Life expectancy at birth - men years202372.3
Life expectancy at birth - women years202377.4
Density of physicians per 10,000 inhabitants20187
Hospital beds per 10,000 inhabitants20219
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 life births202310
Pupil-teacher ratio (primary) number202333
Pupil-teacher ratio (secondary) number202342
Student enrollment, tertiary per 100,000 inhabitants20232,798
Public expenditure on education % of GDP20232.9
Labour force participation rate %202465.4
Labour force 1,00020243,225
Self-employed persons %202343.0
Unemployment rate %20244.6
Youth unemployment rate %20249.0
Long-term unemployment rate % of unemployed persons20128.0
GNI per capita, Atlas method US$20232,350
Household con­sumption exp. on food % of total con­sumption ex­pen­diture201932.78
Household con­sumption exp. on housing % of total con­sumption ex­pen­diture201915.36
Industrial production - Manufacturing index 2010 = 1002014127.0
Agricultural land % of land area202242.3
Arable land and permanent crops % of land area202214.9
Agricultural area organic % of agricultural area20220.6
Forest area % of land area202226.7
Import of goods, total bn US$202310.9
Export of goods, total bn US$20237.4
Import of goods from Germany mn US$2023147.2
Export of goods to Germany mn US$202353.3
Exports of goods and services % of GDP202345.8
Road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhab.201917
Pump price for gasoline (petrol) US$ per litre20160.91
Primary energy use kg oe per capita2022608
CO2 emissions metric t per capita20230.87
Resident patent applications per mn inhab.20140
Research and development expenditure % of GDP20150.1
Researchers per million inhabitants199771
Telephone lines per 100 inhab.20233.4
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhab.2023105.8
Internet users per 100 inhab.202358.2
Fixed broadband internet subscribers per 100 inhab.20235.4
Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhab.202370.7

As at 22 May 2025

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