Lower middle income vs Nicaragua: Transport services

Lower middle income
29.2%
in 2025
Nicaragua
57.8%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
23rd
Nicaragua rank
22nd

Transport services over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Nicaragua
20406080197620002025

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 57.8% against 29.2% in Lower middle income, a difference of 28.6%.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 2.0 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 23rd and Nicaragua ranks 22nd of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1970s 60.5% 44.2% 16.4% Lower middle income
1980s 55.8% 57.6% 1.8% Nicaragua
1990s 49.7% 49.1% 0.6% Lower middle income
2000s 42.2% 50.7% 8.6% Nicaragua
2010s 33.0% 47.4% 14.3% Nicaragua
2020s 33.7% 59.7% 26.0% Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher transport services, Lower middle income or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 57.8% against 29.2% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in transport services between Lower middle income and Nicaragua?
28.6%, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nicaragua?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Nicaragua rank globally for transport services?
Lower middle income ranks 23rd and Nicaragua ranks 22nd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Transport services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Transport services (% of commercial service imports)
Unit
% of commercial service imports
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 9,663 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Transport is the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.