Nicaragua's changes in inventories (constant LCU) was 2.44 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 56.52% from 5.6 billion in 2015 (7.99% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.44 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.07 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.6 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 8.2 billion | 2008 |
| Lowest | 283.76 million | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.51 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 4.63 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nicaragua's changes in inventories (constant LCU) fell 36.9% on 2024 (from 3.86 billion to 2.44 billion).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +34.3% and a typical year strayed about 117.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 372.6% in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 70.4% in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 23% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Nicaragua had the 37th highest value of the 63 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Nicaragua in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 20 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,435,695,200 |
| 2024 | 3,857,238,600 |
| 2023 | 816,101,300 |
| 2022 | 283,759,800 |
| 2021 | 908,624,800 |
| 2020 | 3,069,485,400 |
| 2019 | 1,904,535,300 |
| 2018 | 2,264,490,700 |
| 2017 | 4,669,398,900 |
| 2016 | 4,933,367,600 |
| 2015 |
Changes in inventories (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 3.23 billion (2025)
- Bahamas, The — 150.7 million (2024)
- Belize — -86.85 million (2024)
- Bolivia — -2.58 billion (2024)
- Costa Rica — -106.28 billion (2025)
- Cuba — 38 million (2024)
- Ecuador — 699.38 million (2025)
- El Salvador — -24.88 million (2025)
- Guatemala — 1.05 billion (2025)
- Honduras — 6.82 billion (2025)
- Mexico
More economic policy & debt data for Nicaragua
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.53 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 92.55 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.07 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 29.48 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 11.36% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$13.16 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 195.05 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nicaragua's changes in inventories (constant LCU)?
- 2.44 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is down 47.44% from 4.63 billion in 2006 (3.33% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8.2 billion in 2008 and the lowest 283.76 million in 2022.
- How does Nicaragua rank?
- 37th highest of 63 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (constant LCU) unusual for Nicaragua?
- In 2025, Nicaragua's changes in inventories (constant LCU) fell 36.9% on 2024 (from 3.86 billion to 2.44 billion). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +34.3% and a typical year strayed about 117.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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