El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP
El Salvador
0.2823 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.2676 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
El Salvador rank
10th
Nicaragua rank
12th
Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.2823 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2676 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0147 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 10th and Nicaragua ranks 12th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0186 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0232 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0046 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.0575 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0483 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0092 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.1396 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0917 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0479 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.1947 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1207 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.074 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.2006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0756 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.2566 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.2089 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0477 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- El Salvador, at 0.2823 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2676 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 0.0147 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 10th and Nicaragua ranks 12th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Secondary income receipts (BoP, 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.