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IndicatorNICNicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #148
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile18.9rank #189
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.02rank #154
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.09rank #147
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.02rank #152
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile30.9rank #178
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #148
Military spending% GDP0.55%rank #137
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.1rank #130
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile64.7rank #110
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile39.2rank #174
Rule of Law0-100 percentile29.1rank #195
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.01rank #159
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.15rank #135
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.02rank #151
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile26.8rank #194
Women in parliament% seats54.9%rank #3
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.53rank #124
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment30.5%rank #57
Agriculture value added% GDP14.5%rank #43
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker46,859.6rank #133
Current account balance% GDP4.2%rank #34
Employment-to-population ratio%62.7%rank #49
External debt stocks% GNI82.8%rank #98
FDI net inflows% GDP6.9%rank #33
GDPcurrent US$22.24Brank #126
GDP growth%4.9%rank #49
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$3,173.3rank #135
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $7,933.5rank #131
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $6,881.5rank #134
Government expenditure% GDP16.3%rank #77
Gross capital formation% GDP25.8%rank #43
Gross savings% GDP28.5%rank #41
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.6%rank #115
Human capital indexindex2.3rank #104
Industry value added% GDP29.3%rank #47
Inflation%2.1%rank #57
Labour force participation rate%66.1%rank #49
Personal remittances received% GDP26.6%rank #3
R&D expenditure% GDP0.11%rank #90
Researchers in R&Dper million71.3rank #41
Tax revenue% GDP20.1%rank #37
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.38rank #103
Trade openness% GDP96.4%rank #49
Unemployment% labor force5%rank #87
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%5.2%rank #91
Vulnerable employment% employment38.9%rank #117
Youth unemployment% ages 15-249.5%rank #67
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-249.7%rank #68
Health
Child mortalityper 1001.1rank #53
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,760.2rank #123
Health spending% GDP8.3%rank #57
Infant mortalityper 1k births9.4rank #48
Life expectancyyears75.1rank #106
Maternal mortalityper 100k60rank #44
Measles immunization% children85%rank #15
Physiciansper 1k0.68rank #105
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m320.4rank #123
Road traffic deathsper 100k16.9rank #73
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.2rank #45
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k43rank #67
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births11.2rank #81
Undernourishment% pop17.3%rank #52
Education
Adult literacy%87.3%rank #25
Education spending% GDP2.9%rank #85
Expected years of schoolingyears11.5rank #146
Mean years of schoolingyears9.9rank #95
Primary completion rate% relevant age81.7%rank #114
Primary enrollment% gross109.5%rank #30
Secondary enrollment% gross70.2%rank #121
Tertiary enrollment% gross30.4%rank #93
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00019.1rank #79
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.2rank #93
Median age of populationyears25.3rank #145
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.2rank #142
Populationpeople7.01Mrank #108
Population growth%1.3%rank #80
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years79.2rank #109
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands8,756.4rank #108
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age52.9rank #127
Urban population%59.4%rank #117
Climate
CO₂ emissionst5.63Mrank #133
CO₂ per capitat0.81rank #157
Electricity access% pop88.7%rank #33
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation14.4%rank #88
Electricity from solar% generation0.66%rank #134
Electricity from wind% generation12.4%rank #24
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita640.6rank #119
Forest area% land25.8%rank #116
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3.9rank #80
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh300.9rank #64
Renewable electricity%62.4%rank #45
Renewable energy share%50.4%rank #44
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e26.3rank #79
Society
Asylum seekerspeople269,315rank #176
Extreme poverty% pop6.6%rank #31
Female labor participation%51.3%rank #110
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1005.8rank #108
Gender Development Indexratio0.95rank #62
Gender Inequality Index0-10.41rank #92
Gini indexindex46.2rank #62
Homicide rateper 100k11.3rank #89
Human Development Index0-10.71rank #95
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.54rank #88
Internet users% pop61.4%rank #132
Life satisfaction0-106.3rank #49
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.67rank #66
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #105
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #82
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #108
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.29rank #130
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people311rank #136
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people35,341rank #139
Youth NEET rate%22%rank #114
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year39rank #9
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.7rank #41
Human hazard & exposure0-103.3rank #28
INFORM risk score0-104.5rank #34
Lack of coping capacity0-106.4rank #54
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-104.3rank #39
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107.9rank #57
Natural hazard & exposure0-105.8rank #45
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year39rank #13
Socio-economic vulnerability0-104.8rank #47
Vulnerability0-103.1rank #20
Vulnerable groups0-100.9rank #6
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