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Nicaragua

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Key facts

  • currency: Nicaraguan gold cordoba
  • capital city: Managua
  • region: Central America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 120,340 km²
  • population: 7,046,310 people
  • political leader: Daniel Ortega (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Nicaragua is a country. The capital city is Managua, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 120,340 km², a population of 7,046,310 people and uses the currency Nicaraguan gold cordoba. The President is Daniel Ortega.

Location on a map: [13°0′N, -85°0′W]

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Environment

Nicaragua is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Central America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 50,910.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.34 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 5.73 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 86.50 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 6.44 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 49.95 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 43.61 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 40.86 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.28 births per woman
  • Forest area: 33,075 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 40.70 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 21.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 21.30
  • Methane emissions: 11.51 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.54 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 3,574,321 people
  • Male population: 3,471,990 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 50.40 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 118,297.55 km²
  • Rural population: 2,829,164 people
  • Urban land area: 992.83 km²
  • Urban population: 4,217,146 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.94 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Nicaragua by population

Cities in Nicaragua

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Distribution of sites in Nicaragua by inscription year

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nicaragua

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical land area in Nicaragua

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Geographical distribution of sites in Nicaragua by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Nicaragua

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Evolution of historical rural population in Nicaragua

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Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Nicaragua

Relationship between population and date in Nicaragua

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Nicaragua

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Nicaragua

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Nicaragua

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Nicaragua

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Nicaragua

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Nicaragua

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Sites in Nicaragua

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Nicaragua

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua

Proportion of transboundary sites in Nicaragua

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Nicaragua by mean width

Wildfires in Nicaragua

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Nicaragua

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 12,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.63
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 1,300 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 61.05 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.53 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -8,000 people
  • Press freedom: 2.20
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 51.65 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Nicaragua

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nicaragua

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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical net migration in Nicaragua

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua

Political parties in Nicaragua

Distribution of politicians from Nicaragua by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Nicaragua

Politicians from Nicaragua

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Business

  • Expense: 16.67 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 17,829,215,283.80 current US$
  • Inflation: 8.39 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 42.93 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 19.84 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 4.79 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 37.43 % of total employment

Shops in Nicaragua

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Companies from Nicaragua

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Distribution of companies founded in Nicaragua by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical central government debt in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical expense in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical GDP in Nicaragua

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical inflation in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Nicaragua

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical unemployment in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Nicaragua

Exchanges in Nicaragua

Proportion of shops per country in Nicaragua

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Health

  • Birth rate: 20.02 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 4.66 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 198.08 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 9.68 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.08 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.90 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 75
  • Suicide mortality rate: 4.40 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Nicaragua

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Nicaragua

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Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua

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Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Nicaragua

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Nicaragua

Diseases in Nicaragua

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Nicaragua

Proportion of diseases in Nicaragua by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Nicaragua by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Nicaragua

Evolution of historical deaths in Nicaragua

Relationship between cases and deaths in Nicaragua

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Nicaragua by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Nicaragua

Athletes from Nicaragua

Proportion of competitions per city in Nicaragua

Competitions in Nicaragua

Proportion of competitions per country in Nicaragua

Distribution of competitions in Nicaragua by start date

Proportion of medals won by Nicaragua in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Nicaragua

Distribution of artists from Nicaragua by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Nicaragua

Geographical distribution of museums in Nicaragua by visitors

Museums in Nicaragua

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Nicaragua by total students

Distribution of universities in Nicaragua per foundation year

Universities in Nicaragua

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In literature

There are 190 books written about Nicaragua in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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