Foreign trade as a share of GDP rose 1.55% to 95.1% in Nicaragua in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 115% in 2012 and an all time low of 25.5% in 1987. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Costa Rica amounted to 66.0%, 77.2% in El Salvador, 96.6% in Honduras and 77.9% in Mexico in 2019.
Nicaragua has been ranked 52nd within the group of 150 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | % | 103% | 95.7% | 96.9% | 99.7% | 101% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 60.8% | 62.2% | 65.1% | 66.9% | 65.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 76.6% | 72.8% | 74.3% | 75.6% | 76.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 49.9% | 46.4% | 46.1% | 47.0% | 45.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 107% | 99.8% | 102% | 104% | 98.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 71.1% | 76.1% | 77.1% | 80.6% | 77.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 98.2% | 93.8% | 96.4% | 94.0% | 94.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 99.9% | 87.4% | 87.4% | 90.0% | 85.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 27.8% | 26.6% | 27.3% | 27.6% | 26.5% |
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