Exports (% of GDP) — all countries

Exports (% of GDP) — Nicaragua

Exports (% of GDP) in Nicaragua in 2025 — 41.59%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.94 pp.

2025 41.59% +0.61 pp vs 2024
World rank 56of 138
Period maximum 49.9%2022
Period minimum 11.77%1987

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Exports (% of GDP) — Nicaragua, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23.65%1962: 26.43%1964: 28.87%1966: 27.12%1968: 26.68%1970: 26.73%1972: 35.29%1974: 29.07%1976: 32.99%1978: 34.41%1980: 24.23%1982: 15.98%1984: 16.44%1986: 12.78%1988: 17.98%1990: 24.95%1992: 17.25%1994: 13.14%1996: 16.85%1998: 19.33%2000: 20.11%2002: 18.85%2004: 23.06%2006: 31.27%2008: 34.47%2010: 40.47%2012: 47.47%2014: 45.01%2016: 38.88%2018: 42.28%2020: 41.75%2022: 49.9%2024: 40.99%2025: 41.59%
Change over the period: +17.94 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua 41.59%
World 29.48%
Central America computed 38.04%
Exports (% of GDP) — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.59 +0.61 pp
2024 40.99 −4.88 pp
2023 45.87 −4.03 pp
2022 49.9 +3.49 pp
2021 46.4 +4.66 pp
2020 41.75 −3.06 pp
2019 44.8 +2.53 pp
2018 42.28 +0.94 pp
2017 41.34 +2.46 pp
2016 38.88 −1.2 pp
2015 40.08 −4.92 pp
2014 45.01 −0.21 pp
2013 45.21 −2.25 pp
2012 47.47 +2.45 pp
2011 45.02 +4.55 pp
2010 40.47 +6.49 pp
2009 33.98 −0.49 pp
2008 34.47 +1.41 pp
2007 33.06 +1.8 pp
2006 31.27 +6.88 pp
2005 24.38 +1.32 pp
2004 23.06 +2.35 pp
2003 20.7 +1.86 pp
2002 18.85 −0.19 pp
2001 19.04 −1.07 pp
2000 20.11 +1.58 pp
1999 18.53 −0.8 pp
1998 19.33 −0.09 pp
1997 19.42 +2.57 pp
1996 16.85 +0.75 pp
1995 16.1 +2.96 pp
1994 13.14 −7.29 pp
1993 20.43 +3.18 pp
1992 17.25 −4.57 pp
1991 21.82 −3.13 pp
1990 24.95 −7.59 pp
1989 32.54 +14.56 pp
1988 17.98 +6.21 pp
1987 11.77 −1.01 pp
1986 12.78 −1.99 pp
1985 14.77 −1.68 pp
1984 16.44 −2.96 pp
1983 19.4 +3.42 pp
1982 15.98 −6.37 pp
1981 22.34 −1.88 pp
1980 24.23 −17.8 pp
1979 42.02 +7.61 pp
1978 34.41 +2.32 pp
1977 32.09 −0.9 pp
1976 32.99 +4.95 pp
1975 28.04 −1.03 pp
1974 29.07 +0.86 pp
1973 28.21 −7.08 pp
1972 35.29 +8.99 pp
1971 26.3 −0.43 pp
1970 26.73 +2.35 pp
1969 24.39 −2.3 pp
1968 26.68 +0.22 pp
1967 26.46 −0.65 pp
1966 27.12 −2.19 pp
1965 29.3 +0.43 pp
1964 28.87 +0.05 pp
1963 28.82 +2.39 pp
1962 26.43 +3.03 pp
1961 23.4 −0.25 pp
1960 23.65

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

Exports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy is oriented toward external markets. In small open economies and transit hubs the indicator can exceed 100% of GDP: exports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so re-exports and assembly production inflate the figure.

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