Services, value added in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Services, value added was 45.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in Nicaragua, 1994–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 45.2% for services, value added in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Nicaragua peaked at 54.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 45.2%, in 2025.
That places Nicaragua 170th out of 204 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Services, value added in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 50.3% | — |
| 1995 | 48.7% | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 47.2% | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 48.5% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 48.8% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 50.2% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 49.7% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 50.3% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 50.4% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 52.1% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 50.5% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 49.9% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 53.8% | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 53.3% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 52.9% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 54.2% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 51.7% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 48.5% | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 48.0% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 48.4% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 48.5% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 48.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 49.5% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 50.3% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 51.0% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 50.5% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 48.6% | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 46.2% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 46.4% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 46.5% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 46.8% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 45.2% | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.0% | 47.2% | 50.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 51.7% | 49.7% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.5% | 48.0% | 51.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.6% | 45.2% | 48.6% | 6 |
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- 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 services, value added in Nicaragua?
- Services, value added in Nicaragua was 45.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.2% in 2025.
- How does Nicaragua rank for services, value added?
- Nicaragua ranks 170th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.