El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP

El Salvador
0.1267 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.1259 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
El Salvador rank
72nd
Nicaragua rank
73rd

Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
00.050.10.150.2196519952025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.1267 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1259 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0008 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1994 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 72nd and Nicaragua ranks 73rd of 203 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1904 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.133 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0573 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2000s 0.1756 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1377 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0378 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2010s 0.1606 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1416 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.019 current US$ per US$ of GDP El Salvador
2020s 0.1371 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.139 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0019 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher manufacturing, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
El Salvador, at 0.1267 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1259 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nicaragua as of 2025.
What is the difference in manufacturing, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
0.0008 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
32 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for manufacturing, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 72nd and Nicaragua ranks 73rd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 10,052 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Manufacturing, value added (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.