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GDP growth in Nicaragua

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Nicaragua's gdp growth is 4.92 % — #25 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.92%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Nicaragua over time

10.45 %3.55 %-3.36 %10.45 % · 2021-3.36 % · 20182000: 4.10 %2001: 2.96 %2002: 0.75 %2003: 2.52 %2004: 5.31 %2005: 4.28 %2006: 4.15 %2007: 5.08 %2008: 3.44 %2009: -3.29 %2010: 4.41 %2011: 6.32 %2012: 6.50 %2013: 4.93 %2014: 4.79 %2015: 4.79 %2016: 4.56 %2017: 4.63 %2018: -3.36 %2019: -2.90 %2020: -2.24 %2021: 10.45 %2022: 3.55 %2023: 4.43 %2024: 3.58 %2025: 4.92 %2000201220254.92 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#25 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
80 %
102 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.34 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.53 pp
peak 10.45 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 0.82 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #2 of 27vs median 2.90 %: +2.02 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Nicaragua: ahead of 80 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthNicaragua 4.92 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Nicaragua is ahead of 80 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Nicaragua
23 China4.96 %+0.04 pp
24 Sri Lanka4.95 %+0.03 pp
25 Nicaragua4.92 %—
26 Kenya4.63 %−0.29 pp
27 Morocco4.60 %−0.33 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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