International Rankings of Nicaragua 2023, 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	50	4	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	110	290351	2020
Internet users - percent of population	62	57 %	2021
Internet users - total	110	3.933 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	3	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	117	207577	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	68	91	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	115	6.234 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	131	3.511 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	127	3.452 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	49	2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	108	316.600 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	109	11.674 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	122	6.617 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	138	12.570 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	83	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	67	69.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	126	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	39	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	93	24.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	104	60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	20	46.2 %	2014
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
Imports	123	8.306 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	4	21.28 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	66	4.93 %	2021
Labor force	107	3.042 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	57	31 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	83	18 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	109	50 %	2011
Population below poverty line	68	24.9 %	2016
Public debt	146	33.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	126	38.628 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	27	10.34 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	141	5600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	109	4.047 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	110	17.2 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	124	5.96 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	99	15.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	118	10.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	108	11.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	119	4.851 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	136	3.183 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	90	434.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	122	1.837 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	89	1.890 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	9	17.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	115	37.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	5	16.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	91	12.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	15	15.7 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	141	14.916 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	69	13000 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	119	35100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	104	200 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	113	460 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	123	20120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	97	14720 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	122	5.59 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	109	6.46 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	120	16.87 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	86	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	84	12.5	2018
Land use - forest	111	25.3	2018
Land use - other	75	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	56	27.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	48	1.26 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	52	164.520 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	84	1.080 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	90	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	86	286.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	92	59.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	100	119990 sq km	0
Area - total	100	130370 sq km	0
Area - water	62	1.038 million sq km	0
Coastline	88	910 km	0
Elevation - highest point	104	2085 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	108	298 meters	0
Irrigated land	77	1990 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	112	1253 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	86	42.2	2018
Land use - arable land	84	12.5	2018
Land use - forest	111	25.3	2018
Land use - other	75	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	56	27.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	49	0.5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	92	1.57 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	51	2.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	92	3.69 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	94	16.3 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	72	4.6 %	1112
Contraceptive prevalence rate	6	80.4 %	1112
Current health expenditure	35	8.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	83	56 %	2023
Death rate	166	5.19 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	119	8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	54	12.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	92	54.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	71	46.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	22	97.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	20	37.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	31	16.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	43	2.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	40	4.6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	82	0.87 %	2023
Hospital bed density	62	0.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	88	15.4 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	85	21.7 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	87	18.63 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	116	77.36 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	108	72.84 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	117	75.05 years	0
Literacy - female	72	82.8 %	2015
Literacy - male	67	82.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	67	82.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	70	78 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	106	28.2 years	2020
Median age - male	104	26.4 years	0
Median age - total	104	27.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	81	19.2	1112
Net migration rate	140	2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	53	23.7 %	2016
Physicians density	87	1.67 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	111	6.360 million	2023
Population growth rate	84	0.91 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	49	89.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	57	33.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	56	19.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	46	10.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	104	1.78 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	92	59.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	99	15.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	118	10.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	108	11.6	0
Transportation
Airports	38	147	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	26	1.351 million	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	139	5	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	104	3346 km	2014
Roadways - total	94	23897 km	2014
Waterways	41	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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