Tax revenue in Nicaragua

Central government tax revenue in Nicaragua was equal to 20.1% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 1990.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nicaragua, 2024 20.1% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 19.9%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue 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.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period NicaraguaWorld
2024 20.1% 13.9%
2023 19.9% 13.9%
2022 19.9% 14.5%
2021 18.8% 14.3%
2020 17.0% 13.7%
2019 17.4% 13.8%
2018 15.7% 13.9%
2017 16.6% 14.2%
2016 16.2% 13.9%
2015 15.6% 14.0%
2014 15.3% 14.0%
2013 15.0% 14.0%
2012 15.0% 13.8%
2011 14.5% 13.7%
2010 13.7% 13.3%
2009 13.1% 13.1%
2008 13.2% 14.3%
2007 13.9% 14.8%
2006 13.7% 14.5%
2005 12.9% 14.1%
2004 12.2% 14.5%
2003 11.7% 14.4%
2002 10.4% 14.6%
2001 9.8% –
2000 10.6% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 19.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.3%, the figure has changed by +4.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 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: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics