El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 50.8% against 35.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 15.8%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.5 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 4th and Nicaragua ranks 1st of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.3% | 16.3% | 8.0% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 28.8% | 29.3% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 34.9% | 37.0% | 2.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 29.7% | 32.5% | 2.8% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 31.3% | 39.1% | 7.8% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 32.9% | 39.1% | 6.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 34.7% | 44.3% | 9.6% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in latin, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 50.8% against 35.0% in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in latin between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 15.8%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in latin?
- El Salvador ranks 4th and Nicaragua ranks 1st of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.