Nicaragua, year by year

Every index this site holds for Nicaragua, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.487 → 0.669 (+0.182)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth70.4 → 75.1 (+4.7)

Internet users3 → 61 (+59)

Urban population56 → 59 (+3)

Births per woman2.77 → 2.21 (-0.56)

Renewable share of energy51 → 50 (-1)

Access to electricity74 → 89 (+15)

Infant mortality26 → 9 (-16)

CO2 emissions per person0.8 → 0.8 (0)

Forest area41 → 26 (-15)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.487	62.5	—	—	4.60	69	—	57	0.5	53.2	—	—
1991	0.497	63.3	—	54	4.43	71	—	54	0.5	52.4	—	—
1992	0.502	63.7	—	54	4.27	67	—	51	0.5	51.5	—	—
1993	0.505	64.1	—	54	4.10	68	72	48	0.5	50.7	—	—
1994	0.511	64.5	0	54	3.94	65	69	46	0.6	49.9	—	—
1995	0.520	64.9	0	54	3.78	65	70	43	0.6	49.0	—	—
1996	0.530	65.2	0	55	3.62	64	70	41	0.6	48.2	—	—
1997	0.539	65.5	0	55	3.47	63	71	38	0.6	47.4	—	—
1998	0.541	64.1	0	55	3.34	61	69	39	0.7	46.5	—	—
1999	0.556	65.9	1	55	3.22	59	72	34	0.7	45.7	—	—
2000	0.563	66.4	1	55	3.12	58	73	32	0.8	44.9	—	—
2001	0.568	67.0	1	55	3.00	57	72	30	0.8	43.9	—	—
2002	0.573	68.0	2	55	2.89	55	74	29	0.8	42.9	—	—
2003	0.575	68.8	2	56	2.83	52	75	28	0.9	41.9	—	—
2004	0.580	69.5	2	56	2.78	51	75	27	0.9	40.8	—	—
2005	0.585	70.4	3	56	2.77	53	74	26	0.8	39.8	—	—
2006	0.590	71.0	3	56	2.73	53	76	24	0.9	38.8	1248	3658
2007	0.596	71.2	4	56	2.70	53	77	23	0.9	37.8	1350	3891
2008	0.602	71.4	5	56	2.66	54	78	22	0.8	36.8	1524	4044
2009	0.603	71.5	7	57	2.63	55	78	21	0.8	35.8	1467	3880
2010	0.611	71.8	10	57	2.60	54	80	20	0.8	34.8	1527	4042
2011	0.619	72.0	11	57	2.56	53	81	19	0.8	34.3	1680	4325
2012	0.625	72.4	14	57	2.53	53	81	18	0.8	33.9	1785	4508
2013	0.631	72.5	16	57	2.49	54	82	17	0.8	33.4	1835	4711
2014	0.638	72.8	18	58	2.46	53	82	16	0.8	32.9	1958	5068
2015	0.644	72.9	20	58	2.43	50	83	15	0.9	32.5	2074	5449
2016	0.650	73.2	25	58	2.41	50	84	14	0.9	31.6	2132	5882
2017	0.656	73.4	30	58	2.38	49	85	13	0.9	30.8	2183	6225
2018	0.658	73.9	34	58	2.35	51	85	13	0.8	30.0	2035	5935
2019	0.661	73.8	39	59	2.32	51	86	13	0.8	29.1	1959	5981
2020	0.652	70.8	45	59	2.30	52	86	13	0.7	28.3	1938	6274
2021	0.665	70.5	52	59	2.27	50	86	13	0.8	27.5	2138	7119
2022	0.669	74.5	59	59	2.24	—	87	13	0.8	26.6	2323	7795
2023	—	75.0	60	59	2.22	—	88	12	0.8	25.8	2609	8327
2024	—	75.1	61	59	2.21	—	89	9	0.8	—	2848	8721
2025	—	—	—	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	3173	9284
Profile shows	0.669	75.1	61	59	2.21	50	—	—	0.8	25.8	3173	9284

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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