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Unemployment rate in Nicaragua

How hard is it to have a job there?

Nicaragua's unemployment rate is 5.04 % — #57 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.04%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

Unemployment rate in Nicaragua over time

8.16 %5.73 %3.30 %8.16 % · 20093.30 % · 20172000: 7.18 %2001: 7.22 %2002: 7.52 %2003: 7.60 %2004: 6.41 %2005: 5.37 %2006: 5.31 %2007: 4.89 %2008: 6.20 %2009: 8.16 %2010: 7.83 %2011: 6.61 %2012: 5.21 %2013: 5.28 %2014: 4.52 %2015: 4.70 %2016: 3.90 %2017: 3.30 %2018: 5.20 %2019: 5.46 %2020: 6.18 %2021: 6.08 %2022: 4.97 %2023: 4.70 %2024: 4.98 %2025: 5.04 %2000201220255.04 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#57 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
54 %
67 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.12 pp
peak 8.16 % in 2009
Full series
▼ 2.14 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #10 of 27vs median 5.25 %: −0.21 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Nicaragua: ahead of 54 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentNicaragua 5.04 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Nicaragua is ahead of 54 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Nicaragua
55 Cyprus4.92 %−0.12 pp
56 Croatia5.00 %−0.04 pp
57 Nicaragua5.04 %—
58 Malawi5.07 %+0.03 pp
59 New Zealand5.08 %+0.04 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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