Economy & Growth in Nicaragua 792 indicators covering economy & growth for Nicaragua. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 27.1 % 2023 up 6.3% 66th Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July 1.8 million No 2023 up 12.5% 69th Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 14.1% 2025 up 8.7% 55th Military spending as a share of gdp gmsd 0.5585 2019 up 45.3% 150th Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Producer Price 1,841 USD 2020 up 16.8% 88th Maize (corn) — Producer Price 491.7 USD 2023 up 91.6% 35th IMF-Adapted ND-GAIN Index 0.4204 2024 down 6.7% 140th Readiness score, IMF-Adapted Economic 0.3106 2024 down 33.2% 164th Readiness score, Governance 0.3107 2024 down 20.0% 157th Readiness score, Social 0.2377 2024 up 23.5% 151st IMF-Adapted Readiness score 0.2863 2024 down 17.8% 165th Vulnerability score, GDP-Adjusted -0.0216 2024 up 21.6% 126th Vulnerability score, Ecosystems 0.556 2024 down 0.2% 24th Vulnerability score, Food 0.4782 2024 down 1.5% 85th Vulnerability score, Habitat 0.5791 2024 up 2.3% 43rd Vulnerability score, Heath 0.5604 2024 down 1.2% 62nd Vulnerability score, Sensitivity 0.3219 2024 down 3.1% 96th Vulnerability score 0.4456 2024 down 0.5% 76th Vulnerability score, Exposure 0.4932 2024 unchanged 45th Potatoes — Producer Price 906.8 USD 2023 up 32.6% 18th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 68.45 Percentage of GDP 2019 up 2.1% 58th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 157.37 Percentage of GDP 2019 down 0.8% 76th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 4.57 Percentage of GDP 2019 up 20.6% 54th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 7.26 Percentage of GDP 2019 down 22.9% 130th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 0 Percentage of GDP 2019 — 91st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 4.76 Percentage of GDP 2019 up 67.6% 31st Vulnerability score, Capacity 0.5423 2024 up 1.2% 84th Oranges — Producer Price Index 113.99 2023 up 24.7% 66th Cabbages — Producer Price 7,564 LCU 2023 — 47th Rice — Producer Price Index 186.68 2023 up 85.6% 25th Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD) — Value — July 2026 65.59 Int$ (PPP) per person per day 2023 up 54.9% 73rd Gdp vs happiness 6.3 2025 up 5.2% 51st Gross fixed capital formation, private sector 123.04 billion current LCU 2025 up 62.6% 61st Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 2.2% 2024 down 35.3% 86th Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 13.5% 2024 down 8.3% 55th Other investment, Loans, Other Sectors (BPM6), Long-term 25.30 million US dollar 2020 down 34.5% 70th Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 4.85 2024 down 0.3% 21st Augmented hdi vs gdp per capita 0.2273 2020 down 27.0% 142nd Augmented human development index excluding gdp 0.1742 2020 down 35.3% 145th Gdp per capita prados de la escosura 2,227 2020 up 15.5% 122nd Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Producer Price 29,469 LCU 2023 up 235.5% 41st Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 96.4% 2024 down 5.1% 27th Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP 6.9% 2024 down 24.2% 29th Annual GDP growth 3.6% 2024 down 25.0% 83rd 2.5.1a Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ (number) 1,364 No 2023 up 245.3% 94th Vulnerability score, Water 0.2237 2024 down 0.3% 155th Foreign aid and investments received 826.79 million 2021 up 37.8% 78th Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Producer Price Index 141.01 2023 up 44.2% 38th Vulnerability score, Infrastructure 0.276 2024 down 3.4% 84th Bananas — Producer Price Index 124.63 2023 up 31.8% 47th Cabbages — Producer Price 29,144 SLC 2023 — 32nd Sorghum — Producer Price Index 310 2023 up 256.1% 12th Total oda for aid for trade by recipient 8.02 million 2023 down 97.0% 123rd Homicide rate vs gdp pc 11.35 2021 down 10.5% 31st Share edu spending gdp vs share edu total spending 11.01 2024 down 52.2% 130th Annual growth of exports of goods and services -4.9% 2024 down 176.1% 143rd Annual growth of imports of goods and services 12.1% 2024 up 289.7% 21st Current account balance as a proportion of GDP 4.2% 2024 up 151.7% 41st Cabbages — Producer Price 799.7 USD 2023 — 31st Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of 26.6% 2024 up 177.5% 4th ← Previous Page 10 of 14 Next →