# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Nicaragua

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Nicaragua was 54.9% of GDP in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `ni`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/nicaragua
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=ni

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 54.9 |
| 2024 | 58.2 |
| 2023 | 59.2 |
| 2022 | 65.6 |
| 2021 | 59.8 |
| 2020 | 46.9 |
| 2019 | 49.2 |
| 2018 | 51.7 |
| 2017 | 55 |
| 2016 | 54.9 |
| 2015 | 58.1 |
| 2014 | 61.7 |
| 2013 | 65.8 |
| 2012 | 67.7 |
| 2011 | 66.8 |
| 2010 | 59.9 |
| 2009 | 53 |
| 2008 | 62.3 |
| 2007 | 60 |
| 2006 | 56 |
| 2005 | 47.3 |
| 2004 | 44.1 |
| 2003 | 41.5 |
| 2002 | 39.2 |
| 2001 | 38.9 |
| 2000 | 41.2 |
| 1999 | 44 |
| 1998 | 37.7 |
| 1997 | 38.6 |
| 1996 | 31.6 |
| 1995 | 27.9 |
| 1994 | 25.9 |
| 1993 | 47.9 |
| 1992 | 53.3 |
| 1991 | 52.5 |
| 1990 | 46.3 |
| 1989 | 65.2 |
| 1988 | 58.3 |
| 1987 | 13.8 |
| 1986 | 20.8 |
| 1985 | 21.8 |
| 1984 | 29.5 |
| 1983 | 30 |
| 1982 | 26.1 |
| 1981 | 41.8 |
| 1980 | 43.3 |
| 1979 | 28.1 |
| 1978 | 31.2 |
| 1977 | 37.4 |
| 1976 | 31.8 |
| 1975 | 36.9 |
| 1974 | 42.6 |
| 1973 | 37.8 |
| 1972 | 29.6 |
| 1971 | 28.5 |
| 1970 | 29.2 |
| 1969 | 27.2 |
| 1968 | 30.4 |
| 1967 | 35 |
| 1966 | 34.1 |
| 1965 | 32.4 |
| 1964 | 30.5 |
| 1963 | 30.2 |
| 1962 | 28.9 |
| 1961 | 24.6 |
| 1960 | 26.2 |