International Rankings of Nicaragua 2022, 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	49	4	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	107	290351	2020
Internet users - percent of population	55	45 %	2020
Internet users - total	112	2.981 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	3	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	119	210981	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	85	90	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 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	135	12.570 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	76	41.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	77	15.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	63	69.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	118	55.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	32	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	55	15.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	87	24.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	93	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	52	3.5 %	2017
Labor force	103	3.046 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	54	31 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	78	18 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	99	50 %	2011
Population below poverty line	65	24.9	2016
Public debt	49	33.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	125	34.980 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	116	5300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	77	28 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	89	12.9	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	119	6.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	108	8.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	117	4.851 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	132	3.183 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 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	17.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	105	37.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	5	16.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	87	12.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	61	0.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	14	15.7 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	136	14.916 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	67	13000 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
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	5.59 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	106	6.46 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	114	16.87 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	81	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	80	12.5	2018
Land use - forest	101	25.3	2018
Land use - other	68	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	56	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	53	27.2	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	45	1.26 % 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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	83	59.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	96	119990 sq km	0
Area - total	95	130370 sq km	0
Area - water	59	1.038 million sq km	0
Coastline	79	910 km	0
Elevation - highest point	90	2085 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	105	298 meters	0
Irrigated land	75	1990 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	107	1253 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	81	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	80	12.5	2018
Land use - forest	101	25.3	2018
Land use - other	68	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	56	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	53	27.2	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	43	19.51	0567
Age structure - 25-54 years	61	42.41	6052
Age structure - 55-64 years	130	6.63	2766
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	90	1.57 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	48	2.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	89	3.69 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	91	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	92	16.52 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	68	4.6 %	1112
Contraceptive prevalence rate	6	80.4 %	1112
Current health expenditure	31	8.4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	150	5.17 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	109	8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	54	12.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	87	54.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	68	46.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	21	97.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	19	37.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	30	16.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	41	2.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	38	4.6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	61	0.9 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	81	19.09 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	104	77.11 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	96	72.56 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	104	74.78 years	0
Literacy - female	67	82.8 %	2015
Literacy - male	70	82.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	65	82.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	42	198 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	98	28.2 years	2020
Median age - male	97	26.4 years	0
Median age - total	94	27.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	80	19.2	1112
Net migration rate	127	2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	50	23.7 %	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	89.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	53	33.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	53	19.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	44	10.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	37	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.65 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	94	1.8 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	85	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	83	59.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	89	12.9	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	119	6.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	108	8.5	0
Transportation
Airports	38	147	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	35	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	64	12	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	15	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	25	135	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	18	119	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	129	5	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	7	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	101	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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