Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 2,613 USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Nicaragua, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Nicaragua is 2,613 USD, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.4% on the previous year and up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Nicaragua peaked at 2,613 USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 470.59 USD, in 1970.
Nicaragua ranks 149th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 470.59 USD | — |
| 1971 | 485.49 USD | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 502.54 USD | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 606.1 USD | +20.6% |
| 1974 | 817.38 USD | +34.9% |
| 1975 | 829 USD | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 934.36 USD | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 1,099 USD | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 1,021 USD | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 711 USD | -30.3% |
| 1980 | 831.89 USD | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 932.7 USD | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 955.66 USD | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 1,012 USD | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 1,007 USD | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 972.69 USD | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 959.48 USD | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 954.18 USD | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 845.22 USD | -11.4% |
| 1989 | 843.11 USD | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 854.03 USD | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 857.79 USD | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 889.27 USD | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 928.12 USD | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 845.97 USD | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 886.96 USD | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 907.77 USD | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 909.72 USD | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 945.99 USD | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 976.95 USD | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 1,014 USD | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,048 USD | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 1,011 USD | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 1,018 USD | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,095 USD | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 1,179 USD | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1,248 USD | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 1,350 USD | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 1,524 USD | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 1,467 USD | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 1,527 USD | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 1,680 USD | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 1,785 USD | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 1,835 USD | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1,958 USD | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 2,074 USD | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 2,132 USD | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,183 USD | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 2,035 USD | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 1,959 USD | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 1,932 USD | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 2,129 USD | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 2,325 USD | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 2,613 USD | +12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 747.61 USD | 470.59 USD | 1,099 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 931.36 USD | 831.89 USD | 1,012 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 900.26 USD | 845.97 USD | 976.95 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,195 USD | 1,011 USD | 1,524 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,917 USD | 1,527 USD | 2,183 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,250 USD | 1,932 USD | 2,613 USD | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Nicaragua
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.29 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 4,988 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 20.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2926 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 928.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 20.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 10.72 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 34,008 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 7.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Nicaragua?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Nicaragua was 2,613 USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 2,613 USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 470.59 USD in 1970.
- How does Nicaragua rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Nicaragua ranks 149th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).