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Central America and the Caribbean > Nicaragua > Economy

NICARAGUAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products
Aid as % of GDP 23.4% [8th of 129]
Economic freedom 2 [79th of 156]
Exchange rates
gold cordobas per US dollar - 15.937 (2004), 15.105 (2003), 14.251 (2002), 13.372 (2001), 12.684 (2000)
Exports to US $190,400,000.00 [71st of 224]
GDP > PPP $18,902,000,000.00 [100th of 163]
Income category Low income
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 0.7% [111st of 114]
Income distribution > Poorest 20% 2.3% [109th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 48.8% [2nd of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 63.6% [5th of 114]
Innovation 12.7 [63rd of 68]
Technological achievement 0.19 [60th of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 5,096 [41st of 183]
World Trade > Exports > Base metal handheld equipment 94 [99th of 110]
World Trade > Imports > Meat offal preserved nes 2,263 [75th of 139]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 2,317 [97th of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 2,878 [117th of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 4,412 [113rd of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 42,695 [51st of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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