Investment share of GDP in Nicaragua

Investment in Nicaragua was equal to 25.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.

Nicaragua, 2025 25.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.0percentage points 2024: 24.7%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Nicaragua (2025).

Investment share of GDP in Nicaragua over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period NicaraguaWorld
2025 25.8% –
2024 24.7% 26.3%
2023 22.2% 26.7%
2022 21.7% 27.5%
2021 23.8% 27.2%
2020 20.3% 26.5%
2019 17.8% 26.6%
2018 24.1% 26.7%
2017 29.9% 26.1%
2016 31.2% 25.7%
2015 33.5% 25.9%
2014 28.9% 25.9%
2013 30.9% 25.6%
2012 31.0% 25.5%
2011 31.0% 25.3%
2010 24.8% 24.6%
2009 23.2% 23.4%
2008 33.6% 25.5%
2007 31.3% 25.5%
2006 28.3% 25.0%
2005 25.9% 24.5%
2004 24.1% 24.1%
2003 22.3% 23.4%
2002 22.4% 23.3%
2001 24.3% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 24.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 33.5%, the figure has changed by −7.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Nicaragua
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices