Nicaragua: Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Nicaragua's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) fell US$85,361 on 2021 (from US$571,162 to US$485,801).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +US$7,039 and a typical year strayed about US$7.19 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 US$18.04 million in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was US$17.99 million in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$54,570 a year. A straight line explains 74% 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.

How it compares

In 2022, Nicaragua had the 2nd highest value of the 15 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 2022 ranking

• Dominican Republic — 1st of 15: US$498,028
• Costa Rica — 3rd of 15: US$414,114
• Comoros — 4th of 15: US$231,251
• Burkina Faso — 5th of 15: US$209,629

What this measures

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors are the net disbursements of official development assistance (ODA) or official aid from the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

Limitations: Data exclude DAC members’ multilateral aid (contributions to the regular budgets of the multilateral institutions). However, projects executed by multilateral institutions or nongovernmental organizations on behalf of DAC members are classified as bilateral aid (since the donor country effectively controls the use of the funds) and are included in the data. Aid to unspecified economies is included in regional totals and, when possible, income group totals. Aid not allocated by country or region - including administrative costs, research on development, and aid to nongovernmental organizations - is included in the world total.

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

All 54 values

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — US$125,527 (2021)
• Argentina — US$812,756 (2023)
• Belize — US$74,520 (2023)
• Bolivia — US$21,193 (2023)
• Brazil — US$77.55 million (2023)
• Chile — US$2.83 million (2017)
• Colombia — US$8.1 million (2023)
• Costa Rica — US$414,114 (2022)
• Cuba

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$13.16 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 195.05 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Nicaragua's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$)?

US$485,801 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1967?

It is up 4,758% from US$10,000 in 1967 (7.32% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$18.07 million in 2012 and the lowest −US$6.86 million in 2007.

How does Nicaragua rank?

2nd highest of 15 economies with data for 2022.

Is the latest change in net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) unusual for Nicaragua?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DC.DAC.GBRL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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