Economic Policy & Debt · Nicaragua
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Nicaragua's GDP (constant LCU) was 221.66 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 30.29% from 170.13 billion in 2015 (2.68% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 221.66 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 170.76 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 170.13 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 221.66 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 39.75 billion | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 191.01 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 39.75 billion | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 29.81% from 170.76 billion in 2020 (5.36% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 457.61% from 39.75 billion in 1960 (2.68% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Nicaragua's GDP (constant LCU) rose 4.9% on 2024 (from 211.25 billion to 221.66 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 3.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 14.2% in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 26.5% in 1979. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.67 billion a year. A straight line explains 71% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Nicaragua had the 114th highest value of the 186 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.
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. 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.
| Year | GDP (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 221,655,999,200 |
| 2024 | 211,254,814,400 |
| 2023 | 203,951,426,100 |
| 2022 | 195,303,777,300 |
| 2021 | 188,607,686,200 |
| 2020 | 170,756,172,100 |
| 2019 | 174,662,573,500 |
| 2018 | 179,873,268,000 |
| 2017 | 186,133,605,000 |
| 2016 | 177,894,921,900 |
| 2015 | 170,131,567,700 |
| 2014 | 162,351,260,700 |
| 2013 | 154,936,820,900 |
| 2012 | 147,661,404,500 |
| 2011 | 138,654,236,100 |
| 2010 | 130,416,251,600 |
| 2009 | 124,907,698,300 |
| 2008 | 129,160,521,800 |
| 2007 | 124,870,330,700 |
| 2006 | 118,837,710,200 |
| 2005 | 114,099,231,200 |
| 2004 | 109,413,700,700 |
| 2003 | 103,894,640,200 |
| 2002 | 101,340,126,300 |
| 2001 | 100,581,801,000 |
| 2000 | 97,689,371,600 |
| 1999 | 93,840,422,000 |
| 1998 | 87,671,856,100 |
| 1997 | 84,534,215,300 |
| 1996 | 81,308,972,200 |
| 1995 | 76,458,255,300 |
| 1994 | 72,190,423,900 |
| 1993 | 69,858,730,800 |
| 1992 | 70,134,313,800 |
| 1991 | 69,864,395,100 |
| 1990 | 69,996,886,252 |
| 1989 | 70,033,653,725 |
| 1988 | 71,272,524,383 |
| 1987 | 81,407,629,363 |
| 1986 | 81,986,745,149 |
| 1985 | 82,829,375,979 |
| 1984 | 86,354,227,290 |
| 1983 | 87,728,132,229 |
| 1982 | 83,859,515,318 |
| 1981 | 84,549,747,257 |
| 1980 | 80,245,925,412 |
| 1979 | 76,708,342,041 |
| 1978 | 104,334,981,510 |
| 1977 | 113,209,226,800 |
| 1976 | 104,466,931,940 |
| 1975 | 99,294,243,505 |
| 1974 | 99,446,642,396 |
| 1973 | 87,086,899,427 |
| 1972 | 81,835,503,718 |
| 1971 | 80,057,645,263 |
| 1970 | 77,496,572,254 |
| 1969 | 76,461,417,256 |
| 1968 | 71,972,016,001 |
| 1967 | 71,018,269,018 |
| 1966 | 66,391,130,032 |
| 1965 | 64,269,505,977 |
| 1964 | 58,680,131,968 |
| 1963 | 52,534,405,551 |
| 1962 | 47,385,719,981 |
| 1961 | 42,731,877,392 |
| 1960 | 39,751,418,068 |
Every indicator for Nicaragua is on the Nicaragua data page.
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