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

Human development rose from 0.515 in 1990 to 0.706 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 75.1 years2024at birthUp 4.7 years from 70.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 61%2024of people onlineUp 59 points from 3% in 2006
Urban population: 59%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 3 points from 56% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.212024births per womanDown 0.56 from 2.77 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 50%2021of energy usedDown 1 point from 51% in 2004
Access to electricity: 89%2024of people with electricityUp 15 points from 74% in 2005
Infant mortality: 92024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 16 from 26 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.8 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 26%2023of land under forestDown 15 points from 41% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.515	62.5	—	—	4.60	68.8	—	57	0.5	53.2	—	—
1991	0.526	63.3	—	53.7	4.43	70.6	—	54	0.5	52.4	—	—
1992	0.531	63.7	—	53.9	4.27	67.2	—	51	0.5	51.5	—	—
1993	0.534	64.1	—	54.1	4.10	67.7	72	48	0.5	50.7	—	—
1994	0.540	64.5	0.0	54.3	3.94	64.6	69	46	0.6	49.9	—	—
1995	0.549	64.9	0.0	54.5	3.78	64.6	70	43	0.6	49.0	—	—
1996	0.559	65.2	0.1	54.6	3.62	63.9	70	41	0.6	48.2	—	—
1997	0.568	65.5	0.2	54.8	3.47	62.8	71	38	0.6	47.4	—	—
1998	0.569	64.1	0.3	54.9	3.34	60.5	69	39	0.7	46.5	—	—
1999	0.585	65.9	0.5	55.1	3.22	59.4	72	34	0.7	45.7	—	—
2000	0.593	66.4	1.0	55.2	3.12	58.4	73	32	0.8	44.9	—	—
2001	0.601	67.0	1.4	55.4	3.00	56.7	72	30	0.8	43.9	—	—
2002	0.609	68.0	1.7	55.5	2.89	54.7	74	29	0.8	42.9	—	—
2003	0.615	68.8	1.9	55.6	2.83	51.5	75	28	0.9	41.9	—	—
2004	0.623	69.5	2.3	55.8	2.78	51.2	75	27	0.9	40.8	—	—
2005	0.630	70.4	2.6	55.9	2.77	52.8	74	26	0.8	39.8	—	—
2006	0.636	71.0	2.8	56.1	2.73	53.3	76	24	0.9	38.8	1248	3658
2007	0.642	71.2	3.9	56.3	2.70	52.6	77	23	0.9	37.8	1350	3891
2008	0.646	71.4	5.3	56.5	2.66	53.8	78	22	0.8	36.8	1524	4044
2009	0.646	71.5	7.3	56.6	2.63	54.6	78	21	0.8	35.8	1467	3880
2010	0.651	71.8	10.0	56.8	2.60	54.4	80	20	0.8	34.8	1527	4042
2011	0.657	72.0	10.6	57.0	2.56	53.3	81	19	0.8	34.3	1680	4325
2012	0.664	72.4	13.5	57.2	2.53	53.3	81	18	0.8	33.9	1785	4508
2013	0.668	72.5	15.5	57.4	2.49	54.3	82	17	0.8	33.4	1835	4711
2014	0.674	72.8	17.6	57.6	2.46	53.0	82	16	0.8	32.9	1958	5068
2015	0.679	72.9	19.7	57.8	2.43	50.0	83	15	0.9	32.5	2074	5449
2016	0.684	73.2	24.6	58.0	2.41	49.5	84	14	0.9	31.6	2132	5882
2017	0.688	73.4	30.4	58.2	2.38	48.9	85	13	0.9	30.8	2183	6225
2018	0.690	73.9	33.9	58.4	2.35	51.3	85	13	0.8	30.0	2035	5935
2019	0.690	73.8	39.0	58.5	2.32	50.5	86	13	0.8	29.1	1959	5981
2020	0.676	70.8	44.9	58.7	2.30	52.2	86	13	0.7	28.3	1938	6274
2021	0.682	70.5	51.6	58.9	2.27	50.4	86	13	0.8	27.5	2138	7119
2022	0.701	74.5	59.4	59.0	2.24	—	87	13	0.8	26.6	2323	7795
2023	0.706	75.0	60.3	59.1	2.22	—	88	12	0.8	25.8	2609	8327
2024	—	75.1	61.4	59.3	2.21	—	89	9	0.8	—	2848	8721
2025	—	—	—	59.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	3173	9284
On the profile	0.706	75.1	61.4	59.4	2.21	50.4	—	—	0.8	25.8	3173	9284

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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