Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Nicaragua

Trade balance in Nicaragua in 2025 — -2,949,259,874 US$. Ranked 97 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 51,487.2%.

2025 -2.95B US$ +12.81% vs 2024
World rank 97of 138
Period maximum 218M US$1979
Period minimum -3.38B US$2024

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Nicaragua, 1960–2025-4B-3B-2B-1B01B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -5,717,041 US$1962: -6,656,602 US$1964: -5,644,237 US$1966: -42,532,821 US$1968: -25,687,293 US$1970: -19,148,813 US$1972: 49,614,513 US$1974: -205,881,942 US$1976: 21,173,553 US$1978: 67,243,974 US$1980: -408,265,314 US$1982: -247,325,345 US$1984: -405,530,301 US$1986: -232,459,536 US$1988: -1,059,971,933 US$1990: -215,963,871 US$1992: -645,680,000 US$1994: -494,544,196 US$1996: -637,124,339 US$1998: -850,346,785 US$2000: -1,077,211,608 US$2002: -1,065,484,318 US$2004: -1,220,895,660 US$2006: -1,675,795,410 US$2008: -2,366,665,545 US$2010: -1,701,781,359 US$2012: -2,131,568,370 US$2014: -1,981,901,421 US$2016: -2,132,374,813 US$2018: -1,228,336,475 US$2020: -654,891,777 US$2022: -2,448,863,297 US$2024: -3,382,518,929 US$2025: -2,949,259,874 US$
Change over the period: −2.94B (−51,487.17%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua -2.95B US$
Central America computed -44.52B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -386B US$
Trade balance — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -2.95B +433M +12.81%
2024 -3.38B −1.02B −42.96%
2023 -2.37B +82.84M +3.38%
2022 -2.45B −545M −28.63%
2021 -1.9B −1.25B −190.71%
2020 -655M −91.9M −16.32%
2019 -563M +665M +54.17%
2018 -1.23B +661M +34.98%
2017 -1.89B +243M +11.41%
2016 -2.13B +167M +7.27%
2015 -2.3B −318M −16.03%
2014 -1.98B +276M +12.21%
2013 -2.26B −126M −5.91%
2012 -2.13B −1.4M −0.07%
2011 -2.13B −428M −25.17%
2010 -1.7B −122M −7.76%
2009 -1.58B +787M +33.27%
2008 -2.37B −370M −18.52%
2007 -2B −321M −19.15%
2006 -1.68B −229M −15.86%
2005 -1.45B −226M −18.47%
2004 -1.22B −116M −10.47%
2003 -1.11B −39.68M −3.72%
2002 -1.07B −683,155 −0.06%
2001 -1.06B +12.41M +1.15%
2000 -1.08B +160M +12.93%
1999 -1.24B −387M −45.49%
1998 -850M −8.95M −1.06%
1997 -841M −204M −32.06%
1996 -637M −146M −29.86%
1995 -491M +3.91M +0.79%
1994 -495M −12.75M −2.65%
1993 -482M +164M +25.38%
1992 -646M −189M −41.34%
1991 -457M −241M −111.53%
1990 -216M +115M +34.72%
1989 -331M +729M +68.79%
1988 -1.06B −983M −1,283.29%
1987 -76.63M +156M +67.04%
1986 -232M −42.99M −22.69%
1985 -189M +216M +53.28%
1984 -406M −114M −39.06%
1983 -292M −44.29M −17.91%
1982 -247M +234M +48.58%
1981 -481M −72.74M −17.82%
1980 -408M −626M −287.47%
1979 218M +151M +223.86%
1978 67.24M +186M +156.6%
1977 -119M −140M −661.14%
1976 21.17M +162M +115.05%
1975 -141M +65.17M +31.65%
1974 -206M −101M −96.39%
1973 -105M −154M −311.3%
1972 49.61M +68.17M +367.33%
1971 -18.56M +589,760 +3.08%
1970 -19.15M +1.81M +8.63%
1969 -20.96M +4.73M +18.42%
1968 -25.69M +30.71M +54.45%
1967 -56.4M −13.86M −32.6%
1966 -42.53M −25M −142.63%
1965 -17.53M −11.89M −210.58%
1964 -5.64M −1.43M −33.85%
1963 -4.22M +2.44M +36.65%
1962 -6.66M −3.85M −136.79%
1961 -2.81M +2.91M +50.83%
1960 -5.72M

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

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