Nicaragua - Current account balance

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Current account balance (BoP, current US$) in Nicaragua was $957,800,000 as of 2020. Over the past 43 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $957,800,000 in 2020 and ($1,450,300,000) in 2008.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 ($181,900,000)
1978 ($24,900,000)
1979 $180,200,000
1980 ($411,420,000)
1981 ($591,600,000)
1982 ($513,900,000)
1983 ($507,400,000)
1984 ($597,100,000)
1985 ($770,900,000)
1986 ($690,500,000)
1987 ($690,400,000)
1988 ($715,400,000)
1989 ($361,700,000)
1990 ($305,200,000)
1991 ($264,200,000)
1992 ($769,000,000)
1993 ($604,300,000)
1994 ($910,908,000)
1995 ($722,479,500)
1996 ($824,772,000)
1997 ($840,766,000)
1998 ($686,636,000)
1999 ($928,378,000)
2000 ($935,700,000)
2001 ($820,300,000)
2002 ($784,100,000)
2003 ($705,500,000)
2004 ($687,400,000)
2005 ($783,570,000)
2006 ($884,700,000)
2007 ($1,207,000,000)
2008 ($1,450,300,000)
2009 ($701,500,000)
2010 ($777,300,000)
2011 ($1,163,900,000)
2012 ($1,234,800,000)
2013 ($1,380,400,000)
2014 ($953,800,000)
2015 ($1,259,500,000)
2016 ($1,127,100,000)
2017 ($987,100,000)
2018 ($234,100,000)
2019 $754,100,000
2020 $957,800,000

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Nicaragua was 7.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 11.79 in 1979, while its lowest value was -42.89 in 1992.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1977 -8.12
1978 -1.16
1979 11.79
1980 -18.79
1981 -24.16
1982 -20.85
1983 -18.50
1984 -19.23
1985 -28.72
1986 -23.93
1987 -17.93
1988 -27.19
1989 -35.70
1990 -30.23
1991 -17.75
1992 -42.89
1993 -34.40
1994 -23.58
1995 -17.45
1996 -19.14
1997 -19.15
1998 -14.81
1999 -19.12
2000 -18.32
2001 -15.41
2002 -15.01
2003 -13.26
2004 -11.86
2005 -12.40
2006 -13.08
2007 -16.26
2008 -17.07
2009 -8.45
2010 -8.87
2011 -11.91
2012 -11.72
2013 -12.57
2014 -8.03
2015 -9.87
2016 -8.48
2017 -7.16
2018 -1.80
2019 5.98
2020 7.59

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments