Nicaragua — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1960–2030 · 71 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The current account reading for Nicaragua was 7.07% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 4.15% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +2.92 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 0.6% of GDP, the latest reading was above.

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  • Annual data, 1960–2030
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Latest observations

2016–2030

PeriodValue
2030-2.88 % of GDP
2029-2.23 % of GDP
2028-0.89 % of GDP
20270.54 % of GDP
20262.07 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2016
20257.07 % of GDP
20244.15 % of GDP
20238.23 % of GDP
2022-2.94 % of GDP
2021-2.75 % of GDP
20203.77 % of GDP
20195.94 % of GDP
2018-1.8 % of GDP
2017-7.16 % of GDP
2016-8.48 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.