International Rankings of Nicaragua 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Nicaragua, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Nicaragua, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	129	3.55	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	110	217618	0
Internet users - percent of population	171	27.86 %	2018
Internet users - total	125	1.695 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	158	3.73	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	120	228782	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	149	94.46	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	116	5.788 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	125	4.150 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	119	3.871 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	49	2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	66	58.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	111	54.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	91	79.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	61	77	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	137	12.570 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	80	41.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	82	15.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	65	69.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	123	55.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	34	28.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	38	1.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	57	15.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	92	24.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	97	60 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	6	47.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	33	1.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	53	3.5 %	2017
Labor force	104	3.046 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	57	31 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	81	18 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	105	50 %	2011
Population below poverty line	67	24.9	2016
Public debt	49	33.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	129	35.392 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	141	5407 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	81	28 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	130	5.405 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	69	16180	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	132	3.590 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	89	17.870 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	42	56	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	60	9	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	8	35	2017
Electricity - imports	92	205.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	123	1.551 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	122	4.454 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2015
Refined petroleum products - consumption	108	37000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	111	460 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	121	20120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	95	14720 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	121	5.59 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	108	6.46 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	117	16.87 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	84	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	82	12.5	2018
Land use - forest	109	25.3	2018
Land use - other	71	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	55	27.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	46	1.26 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	49	164.520 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	82	1.185 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	108	73.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	101	286.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	99	59.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	98	119990 sq km	0
Area - total	97	130370 sq km	0
Area - water	61	1.038 million sq km	0
Coastline	85	910 km	0
Elevation - highest point	91	2085 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	107	298 meters	0
Irrigated land	76	1990 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	109	1253 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	84	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	82	12.5	2018
Land use - forest	109	25.3	2018
Land use - other	71	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	55	27.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	49	164.520 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	44	19.51 %	0567
Age structure - 25-54 years	66	42.41 %	6052
Age structure - 55-64 years	139	6.63 %	2766
Birth rate	91	16.71 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	6	80.4 %	1112
Current Health Expenditure	26	8.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	164	5.16 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	92	8.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	63	11.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	89	54.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	70	45.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	22	97.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	24	37.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	39	16.9 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	48	2.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	35	4.4 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	71	12000	2020
Hospital bed density	60	0.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	88	16.16 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	82	22.83 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	85	19.57 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	111	76.86 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	104	72.28 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	115	74.51 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	42	198	2017
Median age - female	102	28.2 years	2020
Median age - male	99	26.4 years	0
Median age - total	99	27.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	78	19.2	1112
Net migration rate	131	2.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	53	23.7 %	2016
Physicians density	105	0.98 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	108	6.244 million	2021
Population growth rate	90	0.93 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	56	89.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	60	33.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	54	19.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	51	10.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	34	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	37	0.85	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	103	1.81 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	88	12.9	2014
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	111	6.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	112	8.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	87	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	99	59.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	38	147	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	66	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	15	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	25	135	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	18	119	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	7	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	102	3346 km	2014
Roadways - total	85	23897 km	2014
Waterways	37	2220 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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