Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Nicaragua: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

To understand the daily reality of human life in Nicaragua across three centuries, we look to the average yearly economic output per person, adjusted for purchasing power in 2017 international dollars. Every value recorded here is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there. These figures chart the material conditions that shaped generations, marking the slow accumulation of resources available for food, shelter, health, and community. Numbers alone cannot capture a lifetime, but they map the shifting economic perimeter within which every Nicaraguan story has unfolded.

The historical arc begins with an 1800s estimate of 1,000 intl-$, moving through an 1810s estimate of 1,070 intl-$, an 1820s estimate of 1,140 intl-$, an 1830s estimate of 1,210 intl-$, an 1840s estimate of 1,280 intl-$, an 1850s estimate of 1,350 intl-$, an 1860s estimate of 1,420 intl-$, an 1870s estimate of 1,490 intl-$, an 1880s estimate of 1,560 intl-$, and an 1890s estimate of 1,630 intl-$. By 1900 it was 1,700 intl-$, followed by a 1910s estimate of 2,160 intl-$, a 1920s estimate of 2,620 intl-$, a 1930s estimate of 3,080 intl-$, and a 1940s estimate of 3,540 intl-$.

Growth continued through the 1950s at 4,000 intl-$, the 1960s at 5,667 intl-$, the 1970s at 7,333 intl-$, the 1980s at 9,000 intl-$, the 1990s at 10,000 intl-$, the 2000s at 11,000 intl-$, and the 2010s at 12,750 intl-$. In the 2020s, income per person in Nicaragua stands at 14,500 intl-$ — ranking #99 of 157 countries. Future projections anticipate 16,675 intl-$ in the 2030s and 44,356 intl-$ by the 2100s, reflecting the evolving material baseline for you and those to come.

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