Indicators of economy in Nicaragua

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.915 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Nicaragua reached 1.905 US dollars per inhabitant, or 12.62 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Nicaragua is one of the smaller economies and is currently ranked 135. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Nicaragua is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 137.

Inflation in Nicaragua was in 2021 at around 4.93%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 64.2% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.


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