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Nicaragua
Nicaragua's inflation rate is 2.08 %, the 2nd lowest of 123. And its debt per person is $1,104, ranked 16th of 123.
Of 14 fields published for Nicaragua, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
34 % of US prices
Money's value
20.20 %
100 saved in Nicaragua in 2000 buys what 20 buys today — 80 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$565 PPP/mo
The law in Nicaragua sets the floor at about $565 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.19 %
A bank account in Nicaragua currently gains about 0.2 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
2.27 %
Inflation rate
2.08 %
At 2.1 % a year, prices double in about 35 years if it holds.
Price level
34 % of US prices
ranked 34th of 125
Deposit rate
2.27 %
ranked 51st of 70
Where Nicaragua sits, field by field
Each dot is Nicaragua’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Inflation rate2.08 %2 of 123
- Debt per person$1,10416 of 123
- GDP per capita$3,173105 of 127
- GDP growth4.92 %25 of 127
- Government debt34.80 %28 of 124
- Money's value20.20 %86 of 116
- Price level34 % of US prices34 of 125
- Deposit rate2.27 %51 of 70
- Bank spread6.89 %45 of 62
- Savings vs inflation0.19 %43 of 69
- Minimum wage$565 PPP/mo49 of 85
- Lending rate9.16 %37 of 67
- Unemployment rate5.04 %57 of 124
- Public holidays12 days49 of 104
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Cambodia
avg gap 16.3 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 12 days (Nicaragua) vs 21 days
Tanzania
avg gap 16.9 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 5.04 % (Nicaragua) vs 1.57 %
Peru
avg gap 17.3 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 20.20 % (Nicaragua) vs 47.80 %
Guatemala
avg gap 17.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 0.19 % (Nicaragua) vs 3.62 %
| Bank spread | 6.89 % | ranked 45th of 62 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.19 % | ranked 43rd of 69 | |
| Minimum wage | $565 PPP/mo | ranked 49th of 85 | |
| Lending rate | 9.16 % | ranked 37th of 67 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.04 % | ranked 57th of 124 | |
| Public holidays | 12 days | ranked 49th of 104 |
✓ 14 fields published for Nicaragua, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Nicaragua: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026