Nicaragua vs Tuvalu: Economic Indicators Comparison

Nicaragua with a GDP of $13.1B ranked the 133rd largest economy in the world, while Tuvalu ranked 196th with $42.6M. By GDP per capita, Nicaragua and Tuvalu ranked 148th vs 124th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Nicaragua	Tuvalu
GDP	$13.1B	$42.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	-4%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3%	N/A
Population	6.2M	11k
GDP per capita	$2k	$3.7k
GDP per capita growth	-5.02%	1.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	11.57	1.22
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.37	0.91
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.7k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$13.1B	$62.5M
GNI per capita	$2k	$5.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$34.9B	$70.2M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.4k	$6.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Nicaragua	Tuvalu
Income Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	5%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	3.4%	4.9%
Unemployment	4.5%	8.5%
Economic Freedom Index	57.2	60
Personal Freedom Index	7.41	6.2
Human Freedom Index	7.22	6.1
Property Rights Index	33.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	19.5	N/A
Business Freedom Index	55.1	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	87.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	55.5	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	60	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	75.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	71.5	N/A
Government Spending Index	77.5	N/A
Tax Burden Index	76.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	24.3	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	25	48
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.1	66
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	12.2	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	15.3	0.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	7.4	18.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.3M	2.7k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Nicaragua	Tuvalu
Central government debt, % of GDP	37.2%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	90.7%	N/A
External debt stocks	$11.6B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	60.3%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	19%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	14.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	23.6%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22.9%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$2.3B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$359.2M	$299k

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Nicaragua	Tuvalu
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	42%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	51.3%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$83M	$6.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	16.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$162.6M	$9.6M
Personal remittances received	$1.5B	$4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.8%	7.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	15.5%	16.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$1.9M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$14k
Expense, % of GDP	16.7%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	27.4%	N/A