Nicaragua: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Key figures

Since 1972 it is down 0.24 percentage points from 0.27% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 41 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2023, Nicaragua had the 169th highest value of the 188 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 2023 ranking

• Namibia — 165th of 188: 0.05%
• Panama — 166th of 188: 0.04%
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 167th of 188: 0.04%
• Guam — 169th of 188: 0.03%
• Angola — 170th of 188: 0.03%
• Gibraltar — 171st of 188: 0.02%

What this measures

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 11 values

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0.13% (2023)
• Argentina — 1.07% (2023)
• Aruba — 0.000913% (2022)
• Bahamas, The — 0.01% (2023)
• Barbados — 0.01% (2023)
• Belize — 0.01% (2023)
• Bolivia

More private sector & trade data for Nicaragua

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 95.9% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$12.43 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$8.89 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 37.25% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) — 50.79% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$8.06 billion (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Nicaragua's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)?

0.03% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is down 0.24 percentage points from 0.27% in 1972. The highest value was 1.7% in 1988 and the lowest 0.000784% in 2012.

How does Nicaragua rank?

169th highest of 188 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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