Nicaragua vs OECD members: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- Nicaragua
- OECD members
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 95.9% against 41.9% in OECD members, a difference of 54.0%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 2.3 times OECD members's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Nicaragua ranks 30th and OECD members ranks 34th of 204 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.0% | 16.7% | 42.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 56.2% | 24.2% | 32.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 50.1% | 27.4% | 22.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 28.6% | 24.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 67.7% | 38.1% | 29.6% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 43.2% | 53.9% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 103.6% | 43.1% | 60.4% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Nicaragua or OECD members?
- Nicaragua, at 95.9% against 41.9% in OECD members as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Nicaragua and OECD members?
- 54.0%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and OECD members?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and OECD members rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Nicaragua ranks 30th and OECD members ranks 34th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.