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Manufacturing share of GDP — Nicaragua

Manufacturing share of GDP in Nicaragua in 2025 — 12.6%. Ranked 57 in the world out of 132. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 1.4 pp.

2025 12.6% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 57of 132
Period maximum 14.8%2002
Period minimum 12%1999

Trend over time

1994–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Nicaragua, 1994–202511121314151994199820022006201020142018202220251994: 14%1995: 13.9%1996: 13.6%1997: 13.6%1998: 12.7%1999: 12%2000: 12.5%2001: 13.7%2002: 14.8%2003: 14%2004: 14%2005: 13.6%2006: 13.6%2007: 14%2008: 14%2009: 13.6%2010: 14.3%2011: 14.1%2012: 14.2%2013: 14.5%2014: 14.7%2015: 14.2%2016: 14.1%2017: 13.6%2018: 13.8%2019: 14%2020: 14%2021: 14.5%2022: 14.4%2023: 14.4%2024: 13.4%2025: 12.6%
Change over the period: −1.4 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua 12.6%
World 14.9%
Latin America & Caribbean 17.1%
Central America computed 18.4%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.6%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.6 −0.8 pp
2024 13.4 −1 pp
2023 14.4 −0 pp
2022 14.4 −0.1 pp
2021 14.5 +0.6 pp
2020 14 −0.1 pp
2019 14 +0.2 pp
2018 13.8 +0.2 pp
2017 13.6 −0.5 pp
2016 14.1 −0.1 pp
2015 14.2 −0.5 pp
2014 14.7 +0.2 pp
2013 14.5 +0.3 pp
2012 14.2 +0.2 pp
2011 14.1 −0.2 pp
2010 14.3 +0.7 pp
2009 13.6 −0.4 pp
2008 14 +0 pp
2007 14 +0.4 pp
2006 13.6 +0 pp
2005 13.6 −0.5 pp
2004 14 +0.1 pp
2003 14 −0.9 pp
2002 14.8 +1.2 pp
2001 13.7 +1.2 pp
2000 12.5 +0.5 pp
1999 12 −0.8 pp
1998 12.7 −0.9 pp
1997 13.6 +0 pp
1996 13.6 −0.3 pp
1995 13.9 −0 pp
1994 14 —

Central America, 2025

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

MX Mexico 20 HN Honduras 15 CR Costa Rica 13.6 GT Guatemala 13.2 SV El Salvador 12.7 NI Nicaragua 12.6 PA Panama 4.8
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About the indicator

The share of manufacturing value added in GDP. This is the cleanest indicator of an industrial base: unlike the share of industry as a whole it excludes mining and construction. A rising share usually accompanies industrialization, while its decline in advanced countries marks the shift to a service economy.

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

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