GDP per capita — all countries

GDP per capita — Nicaragua

GDP per capita in Nicaragua in 2025 — 3,173 US$. Ranked 135 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2,389.2%.

2025 3,173 US$ +11.43% vs 2024
World rank 135of 186
Period maximum 3,173 US$2025
Period minimum 127 US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$ per capita

GDP per capita — Nicaragua, 1960–202501,0002,0003,0004,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 127 US$1962: 142 US$1964: 173 US$1966: 284 US$1968: 304 US$1970: 321 US$1972: 341 US$1974: 557 US$1976: 633 US$1978: 691 US$1980: 659 US$1982: 714 US$1984: 861 US$1986: 761 US$1988: 662 US$1990: 243 US$1992: 411 US$1994: 849 US$1996: 911 US$1998: 949 US$2000: 1,017 US$2002: 1,014 US$2004: 1,099 US$2006: 1,248 US$2008: 1,524 US$2010: 1,527 US$2012: 1,785 US$2014: 1,958 US$2016: 2,132 US$2018: 2,035 US$2020: 1,938 US$2022: 2,323 US$2024: 2,848 US$2025: 3,173 US$
Change over the period: +3,046 (+2,389.21%) Average annual rate: 5.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua 3,173 US$
World 14,406 US$
Central America computed 12,158 US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,728 US$
GDP per capita — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 3,173 +325 +11.43%
2024 2,848 +238 +9.14%
2023 2,609 +287 +12.34%
2022 2,323 +185 +8.63%
2021 2,138 +200 +10.31%
2020 1,938 −20 −1.03%
2019 1,959 −77 −3.76%
2018 2,035 −147 −6.76%
2017 2,183 +51 +2.39%
2016 2,132 +57 +2.76%
2015 2,074 +116 +5.93%
2014 1,958 +123 +6.7%
2013 1,835 +51 +2.84%
2012 1,785 +105 +6.25%
2011 1,680 +153 +10.03%
2010 1,527 +59 +4.05%
2009 1,467 −57 −3.71%
2008 1,524 +173 +12.83%
2007 1,350 +102 +8.19%
2006 1,248 +65 +5.48%
2005 1,183 +85 +7.71%
2004 1,099 +77 +7.57%
2003 1,021 +7 +0.69%
2002 1,014 −38 −3.57%
2001 1,052 +35 +3.4%
2000 1,017 +37 +3.78%
1999 980 +31 +3.27%
1998 949 +36 +3.99%
1997 913 +2 +0.21%
1996 911 +19 +2.14%
1995 892 +43 +5.02%
1994 849 +455 +115.32%
1993 394 −17 −4.15%
1992 411 +62 +17.73%
1991 350 +107 +44.12%
1990 243 −7 −2.67%
1989 249 −413 −62.38%
1988 662 −330 −33.24%
1987 992 +231 +30.43%
1986 761 +37 +5.05%
1985 724 −137 −15.95%
1984 861 +82 +10.46%
1983 780 +66 +9.26%
1982 714 −26 −3.5%
1981 740 +80 +12.19%
1980 659 +164 +33.09%
1979 495 −195 −28.28%
1978 691 −53 −7.18%
1977 744 +112 +17.64%
1976 633 +71 +12.67%
1975 561 +5 +0.82%
1974 557 +144 +34.99%
1973 413 +71 +20.84%
1972 341 +10 +3%
1971 331 +10 +3.15%
1970 321 +2 +0.61%
1969 319 +15 +4.9%
1968 304 +6 +2.18%
1967 298 +14 +4.91%
1966 284 +12 +4.32%
1965 272 +100 +57.66%
1964 173 +20 +13.26%
1963 152 +10 +7.14%
1962 142 +9 +7.04%
1961 133 +5 +4.28%
1960 127

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.

Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.

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