Nicaragua: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Nicaragua

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -3.30
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1977 - 2024
 Average -1.12
 Min - Max -3.30 - 0.16
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2024 is -3.3 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from -2.27 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 6.57 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 157 countries. Historically, the average for Nicaragua from 1977 to 2024 is -1.12 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -3.3 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2024 while the maximum of 0.16 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 1979. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Nicaragua - Trade balance, in dollars - historical chart - 1977-2024




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 117.70 2023 percent
 Trade openness 99.16 2024 percent
 Financial openness 2.290 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 40.46 2024 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 9.25 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 5.84 2025 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 58.06 2024 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 12.20 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 6.87 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 1.35 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -0.30 2012 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 4.15 2024 percent
 Current account, in dollars 0.82 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -17.60 2024 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -3.30 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 6.10 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 26.64 2024 percent
 Remittances 5,245.60 2024 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -1,442.90 2024 million USD
 External debt 79.11 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 7.35 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 18.76 2024 percent
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