GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Nicaragua

GDP per capita growth in Nicaragua in 2025 — 3.56%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.78 pp.

2025 3.56% +1.36 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 186
Period maximum 10.73%1974
Period minimum -28.44%1979

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Nicaragua, 1961–2025-30-20-100102019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 4.33%1963: 7.58%1965: 6.22%1967: 3.68%1969: 2.96%1971: 0.13%1973: 3.38%1975: -3.16%1977: 5.16%1979: -28.44%1981: 2.43%1983: 1.9%1985: -6.34%1987: -2.96%1989: -4.01%1991: -2.46%1993: -2.56%1995: 3.78%1997: 2.25%1999: 5.52%2001: 1.64%2003: 1.32%2005: 2.93%2007: 3.58%2009: -4.66%2011: 4.83%2013: 3.48%2015: 3.38%2017: 3.25%2019: -4.15%2021: 9.13%2023: 3.01%2025: 3.56%
Change over the period: −0.78 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 3.56%
World 1.99%
Central America computed 0.37%
GDP per capita growth — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.56 +1.36 pp
2024 2.2 −0.81 pp
2023 3.01 +0.78 pp
2022 2.23 −6.9 pp
2021 9.13 +12.59 pp
2020 -3.45 +0.7 pp
2019 -4.15 +0.48 pp
2018 -4.63 −7.88 pp
2017 3.25 +0.08 pp
2016 3.17 −0.21 pp
2015 3.38 +0.02 pp
2014 3.36 −0.12 pp
2013 3.48 −1.53 pp
2012 5.01 +0.19 pp
2011 4.83 +1.89 pp
2010 2.94 +7.6 pp
2009 -4.66 −6.62 pp
2008 1.96 −1.61 pp
2007 3.58 +0.9 pp
2006 2.68 −0.25 pp
2005 2.93 −1.14 pp
2004 4.07 +2.76 pp
2003 1.32 +1.78 pp
2002 -0.46 −2.1 pp
2001 1.64 −1.04 pp
2000 2.68 −2.84 pp
1999 5.52 +3.38 pp
1998 2.14 −0.11 pp
1997 2.25 −2.14 pp
1996 4.39 +0.61 pp
1995 3.78 +2.61 pp
1994 1.17 +3.72 pp
1993 -2.56 −0.7 pp
1992 -1.86 +0.61 pp
1991 -2.46 −0.1 pp
1990 -2.36 +1.65 pp
1989 -4.01 +10.42 pp
1988 -14.44 −11.48 pp
1987 -2.96 +0.35 pp
1986 -3.3 +3.04 pp
1985 -6.34 −2.36 pp
1984 -3.98 −5.88 pp
1983 1.9 +5.4 pp
1982 -3.5 −5.93 pp
1981 2.43 +0.64 pp
1980 1.79 +30.22 pp
1979 -28.44 −17.97 pp
1978 -10.47 −15.62 pp
1977 5.16 +3.1 pp
1976 2.06 +5.22 pp
1975 -3.16 −13.89 pp
1974 10.73 +7.36 pp
1973 3.38 +4.08 pp
1972 -0.71 −0.84 pp
1971 0.13 +1.9 pp
1970 -1.77 −4.72 pp
1969 2.96 +4.74 pp
1968 -1.79 −5.47 pp
1967 3.68 +3.53 pp
1966 0.15 −6.07 pp
1965 6.22 −2.14 pp
1964 8.36 +0.79 pp
1963 7.58 −0.04 pp
1962 7.62 +3.28 pp
1961 4.33

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.