International Rankings of Nicaragua 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	296,068	63	2012
Internet users	199,800	135	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	320,000	109	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	5,346,000	107	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,656,000,000	153	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,776,000,000	146	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.30	38	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	3	50	31 Dec 2010 est
Current account balance	-$1,578,000,000	131	2013 est.
Debt - external	$4,532,000,000	120	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	40.5	51	2010
Exports	$2,401,000,000	138	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	38.60	90	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	10.30	105	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	86.10	22	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-69.50	132	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	34.40	16	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	17.10	55	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	25.50	96	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	57.50	104	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$11,260,000,000	135	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$4,500	140	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$27,970,000,000	119	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	4.60	35	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	41.80	13	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	1.40	34	2005
Imports	$5,650,000,000	122	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	3.00	50	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	5.70	39	2013 est.
Labor force	3,039,000	103	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	31.00	48	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	18.00	72	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	50.00	90	2011 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	42.50	27	2009
Public debt (% of GPD)	50.40	63	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$1,993,000,000	122	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 4,453,000,000	131	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$4,268,000,000	116	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 961,000,000	151	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	25.6	105	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	7.20	90	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	5,035,000	124	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2011 est.
Crude Oil - imports	12,910	73	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	128	2013 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	2,941,000,000	131	2011 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	43,000,000	83	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	57.6	81	2013 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	8.3	108	2013 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2013 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34.1	4	2013 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	10,000,000	106	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,275,000	120	2013 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	4,159,000,000	123	2013 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	502.85	160	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2012 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2012 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2012 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	30,690	113	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	1,000	106	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	15,830	116	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	15,870	98	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	910	93	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2438	100	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	265.9	104	2008
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	1.39	97	2008
Irrigated land (sq km)	942	98	2003
Land Area - sq km	119,990.00	99	NA
Land boundaries - km	1,231	112	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	14.57	76	2011
Land use - other (%)	83.66	118	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	1.76	91	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	48.74	159	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	130,370.00	98	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	196.60	45	2011
Water Area - sq km	10,380	46	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	1,552,698	99	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	1,452,107	107	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	1,335,653	104	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	1,227,757	103	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	67,522	92	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	69,093	92	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.63	93	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	839,853	101	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	873,545	103	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	29.30	64	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	652,856	94	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	657,076	94	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	22.40	4	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,173,084	112	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,051,656	120	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	38.00	86	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	169,618	125	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	147,405	129	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	5.40	83	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	155,849	124	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	127,699	122	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	4.70	97	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	18.41	100	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	14.00	31	2005 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	223,992	56	2005 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	5.70	74	2007
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	72.40	29	2006/07
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	5.07	172	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	7.40	87	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	13.40	59	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	58.80	67	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	51.40	66	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	67.8	92	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	85	74	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	97.6	24	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	32.2	41	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	15	51	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	2.4	72	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	4.60	37	2010
Health expenditures	10.10	19	2009
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.30	40	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	100	67	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	9,600	101	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.10	64	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	17.20	90	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	23.36	87	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	20.36	88	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	74.98	134	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	70.57	116	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	72.72	121	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	77.90	81	2005 est.
Literacy - male (%)	78.10	88	2005 est.
Literacy - total (%)	78.00	79	2005 est.
Maternal mortality rate	95.00	49	2010
Median age - female (years)	25.10	107	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	23.30	118	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	24.20	104	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	19.70	69	2006-07 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-3.13	135	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	22.20	64	2008
Physicians density	0.37	116	2003
Population	5,848,641	111	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.02	94	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	37	105	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	63	50	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	52.1	101	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	47.9	47	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	63.2	95	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	36.8	44	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	11	11	2002
School life expectancy - male (years)	10	11	2002
School life expectancy - total (years)	11	10	2002
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	22	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.90	36	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	22	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.83	28	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.96	26	2014 est
Suffrage	16.00	6	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.99	99	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	10	96	2006
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	8	88	2006
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	9	93	2006
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.94	79	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	57.5	93	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	147	40	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	12	67	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	135	27	2013
Pipelines (km)	54	119	2013
Roadways (km)	23,897	101	2012
Waterways (km)	2,220	37	2011

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