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Government debt in Nicaragua

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Nicaragua's government debt is 34.60 % — #29 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

34.60%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Nicaragua over time

110.40 %68.20 %26.00 %110.40 % · 200226.00 % · 20081997: 86.40 %1998: 86.50 %1999: 99.80 %2000: 95.20 %2001: 87.50 %2002: 110.40 %2003: 109.50 %2004: 84.00 %2005: 66.60 %2006: 51.20 %2007: 30.90 %2008: 26.00 %2009: 29.30 %2010: 30.30 %2011: 28.80 %2012: 27.90 %2013: 28.80 %2014: 28.70 %2015: 28.90 %2016: 30.90 %2017: 34.70 %2018: 39.10 %2019: 44.20 %2020: 49.20 %2021: 48.40 %2022: 45.90 %2023: 42.40 %2024: 37.90 %2025: 34.60 %19972011202534.60 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#29 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
77 %
96 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 3.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
75.80 pp
peak 110.40 % in 2002
Full series
▼ 51.80 pp
since 1997

In Americas: #6 of 26vs median 54.70 %: −20.10 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Nicaragua: ahead of 77 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtNicaragua 34.60 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Nicaragua is ahead of 77 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Nicaragua
27 Georgia34.30 %−0.30 pp
28 Sweden34.50 %−0.10 pp
29 Nicaragua34.60 %—
30 Ireland34.80 %+0.20 pp
31 Iran35.60 %+1.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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