Nicaragua vs World: Gross capital formation
Nicaragua
17.1%
in 2025
World
2.9%
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
20th
World rank
22nd
Gross capital formation over time
- Nicaragua
- World
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 17.1% against 2.9% in World, a difference of 14.2%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 6.0 times World's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 20th and World ranks 22nd of 169 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 2 and World in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.5% | 2.0% | 17.5% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | -1.5% | 4.0% | 5.5% | World |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 4.6% | 2.1% | World |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 2.5% | 12.7% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross capital formation, Nicaragua or World?
- Nicaragua, at 17.1% against 2.9% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross capital formation between Nicaragua and World?
- 14.2%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and World?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and World rank globally for gross capital formation?
- Nicaragua ranks 20th and World ranks 22nd of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Gross capital formation (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.