*ECONOMICAL

*CULTURAL
*SOCIAL

NICARAGUA
ECONOMY DATA
The Nicaraguan economy started
to show signs of fatigue at the
start of the year after expanding
at the fastest rate since 2012 last
year. GDP expanded 4.1%
annually in Q1, which was well
below Q4s 6.5% growth. The
deceleration mainly reflected
weaker domestic demand.

2011

Population (
million)
GDP per capit
a (USD)
GDP (USD bn)
Economic Growt
h (GDP, annual
variation in
%)
Consumption (a
nnual variatio
n in %)
Investment (an
nual variation
in %)
Unemployment
Rate
Fiscal Balance
(% of GDP)
Money (annual
variation in %
)
Inflation Rate
(CPI, annual va
riation in %, e
op)
Inflation
Rate
(CPI, annual va
riation in %)
Benchmark Int
erest Rate (%
Exchange
Rate
)
(vs USD)
Exchange Rate
(vs USD, aop
Current
Accoun
)
t (% of GDP)
Current Accou
nt Balance (U
SD
bn)Balance
Trade
(USD billion)
Exports (USD bi
llion)
Imports (USD bi
llion)
Exports (annua
l variation in
%)
Imports (annua
l variation in
%)
International
Reserves (USD)
External Debt
(% of GDP)

2012

2013

2014

2015

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.3

1,634

1,713

1,774

1,896

2,016

9.8

10.4

10.9

11.8

12.7

6.2

5.6

4.5

4.6

4.9

2.6

4.0

4.2

4.5

5.2

29.2

-0.1

0.3

-0.8

29.5

5.9

5.9

5.7

6.8

7.1

0.1

-0.1

-0.6

-1.2

-1.4

9.4

17.1

19.6

13.0

19.2

8.0

6.6

5.7

6.5

3.1

8.1

7.2

7.1

6.0

4.0

10.79

12.00

14.98

12.23

11.57

22.97

23.85

25.11

26.10

27.38

22.43

23.53

24.47

25.72

26.59

-12.2

-10.6

-11.0

-7.6

-7.9

-1.2

-1.1

-1.2

-0.9

-1.0

-2.9

-3.2

-3.3

-3.3

-3.5

2.3

2.7

2.4

2.6

2.4

5.2

5.9

5.7

5.9

5.9

27.8

17.4

-11.1

8.3

-7.7

23.8

13.5

-3.4

3.5

0.0

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.3

2.5

80.9

86.1

89.7

86.6

Social Aspect of
Nicaragua

CONCLUSIONS
No matter what difficulties we find our
way, it is important to always have a
positive vision of the future.