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Government debt in Nicaragua

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Nicaragua's government debt is 34.80 % — #28 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

34.80%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 34.80 %19972011202534.80 %
29 official observations, 1997 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#28 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
77 %
96 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 3.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
75.60 pp
peak 110.40 % in 2002
Full series
▼ 51.60 pp
since 1997

In Americas: #6 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −19.75 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Nicaragua: ahead of 77 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtNicaragua 34.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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
26 United Arab Emirates34.30 %−0.50 pp
27 Georgia34.30 %−0.50 pp
28 Nicaragua34.80 %—
29 Sweden34.90 %+0.10 pp
30 Nigeria35.50 %+0.70 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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