Nicaragua: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

Since 1967 it is up 0.02 percentage points from 0.15% in 1967. The World Bank has no value for 27 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Nicaragua's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) rose 0.03 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.14% to 0.17%).

Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1970 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 0.39 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.25 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Nicaragua had the 145th highest value of the 187 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

• Jamaica — 141st of 187: 0.17%
• Mexico — 142nd of 187: 0.17%
• Latvia — 143rd of 187: 0.17%
• New Zealand — 145th of 187: 0.16%
• Haiti — 146th of 187: 0.16%
• Mozambique — 147th of 187: 0.15%

What this measures

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports 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 30 values

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0.08% (2023)
• Argentina — 1.21% (2023)
• Aruba — 0.05% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 0.00797% (2023)
• Barbados — 0.01% (2023)
• Belize — 0.04% (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 imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.17% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1967?

It is up 0.02 percentage points from 0.15% in 1967. The highest value was 0.46% in 1988 and the lowest 0.00104% in 1978.

How does Nicaragua rank?

145th highest of 187 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) unusual for Nicaragua?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.R4.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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