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Nicaragua: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2024 · 48 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
4.15%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.1 pointsfrom 8.23%
Average, 2015–2024
−1.09%10 years
Record high and low
11.5% (1979)low −42.9% (1992)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-0.0699Forecast
20301.17Forecast
20292.34Forecast
20283.79Forecast
20275.24Forecast
20266.42Forecast
20258.57Forecast
20244.15
20238.23
2022-2.94
2021-2.75
20203.77
20195.94
2018-1.80
2017-7.16
2016-8.48
2015-9.87

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1977–1996
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1977–2024
  • World Development Indicators1977–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Central American Monetary Council2006–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Nicaragua documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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