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International Rankings of Nicaragua - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 49 4.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 107 290351 2020
Internet users - percent of population 55 45.00 % 2020
Internet users - total 111 2.981 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 52 3.00 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 119 210981 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 85 90.00 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 115 5.976 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 123 4.150 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 117 3.871 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 45 2.00 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 116 694.000 million US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 107 11.674 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 120 5.340 billion US Dollars 2020
GDP (official exchange rate) 135 12.570 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 76 41.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 77 15.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 63 69.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 118 55.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 32 28.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 38 1.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 55 15.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 87 24.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 93 60.00 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 21 46 % 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 6 47.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 33 1.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 128 5.940 billion US Dollars 2020
Industrial production growth rate 52 3.50 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 36 5.30 % 2019
Labor force 103 3.046 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 54 31 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 78 18 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 99 50 % 2011
Population below poverty line 65 25 % 2016
Public debt 131 33.30 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 126 34.980 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP growth rate 34 4.90 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 137 5300 US Dollars 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 111 2.758 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 77 28.00 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 86 6.40 % 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 89 12.90 2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 119 6.40 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 108 8.50 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 117 4.851 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 133 4.851 million 2019
Electricity - consumption 132 3.183 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 86 434.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 120 1.837 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 87 1.890 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 9 17.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 105 37.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 5 16.70 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 87 12.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 61 0.50 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 14 15.70 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 136 14.916 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 67 13000 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 117 35100 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 99 200 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 109 460 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 120 20120 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 93 14720 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 119 6 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 106 6 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 114 17 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 81 42 2018
Land use - arable land 80 13 2018
Land use - forest 101 25 2018
Land use - other 68 33 2018
Land use - permanent crops 56 3 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 53 27 2018
Revenue from forest resources 45 1 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 48 164.520 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 81 1.185 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 106 73.600 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 99 286.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 85 1.45 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 83 60 2023
Geography
Area - land 96 119990 sq km N/A
Area - total 95 130370 sq km N/A
Area - water 43 10380 sq km N/A
Coastline 80 910 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 87 2085 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 105 298 meters N/A
Irrigated land 75 1990 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 108 1253 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 81 42 2018
Land use - arable land 80 13 2018
Land use - forest 101 25 2018
Land use - other 68 33 2018
Land use - permanent crops 56 3 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 53 27 2018
Population Density 145 52.52 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 47 1 % of GDP 2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 43 19.51 0567
Age structure - 25-54 years 61 42.41 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 130 6.63 N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 90 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 48 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 89 4 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 92 16.52 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 68 5 % 1112
Contraceptive prevalence rate 6 80.40 % 1112
Current health expenditure 31 8 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 150 5.17 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 109 8.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 54 12.60 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 87 54.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 68 46.40 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 21 98 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 19 37 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 30 17 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 41 3 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 38 5 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 61 0.90 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 81 15.77 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 77 22.26 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 81 19.09 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 104 77 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 96 73 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 104 75 years N/A
Literacy - female 67 83 % 2015
Literacy - male 70 82 % N/A
Literacy - total population 65 83 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 42 198.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 98 28 years 2020
Median age - male 97 26 years N/A
Median age - total 94 27 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 80 19 1112
Net migration rate 127 2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 50 23.70 % 2016
Physicians density 86 1.67 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 106 6.302 million 2022
Population growth rate 82 0.92 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 49 90 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 53 34 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 53 20 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 44 10 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 11 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 21 1.02 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 30 0.91 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 37 0.84 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 32 0.65 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 22 0.95 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 94 1.80 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 85 1.45 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 83 60 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 89 12.90 2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 119 6.40 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 108 8.50 N/A
Transportation
Airports 38 147 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 42 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 35 3 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 40 3 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 64 12 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 31 4 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 29 1 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 43 15 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 25 135 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 18 119 2021
Merchant marine - total 129 5 N/A
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 93 7.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Roadways - paved 100 3346 km 2014
Roadways - total 83 23897 km 2014
Waterways 40 2220 km 2011

*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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