Lower middle income vs Nicaragua: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Lower middle income
0.1444 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.3999 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
42nd
Nicaragua rank
42nd

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.3999 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1444 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.2555 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 2.8 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 42nd and Nicaragua ranks 42nd of 45 groups.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0968 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2785 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1817 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
1970s 0.1352 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2727 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1376 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
1980s 0.1163 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1525 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0362 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
1990s 0.1296 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1461 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
2000s 0.1724 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2377 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0654 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
2010s 0.1637 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4021 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2384 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
2020s 0.14 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4206 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2807 current US$ per US$ of GDP Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Lower middle income or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 0.3999 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1444 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Lower middle income and Nicaragua?
0.2555 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nicaragua?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Lower middle income and Nicaragua rank globally for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Lower middle income ranks 42nd and Nicaragua ranks 42nd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 13,939 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.