Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total was 13.4% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Nicaragua, 2000–2018
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 13.4% for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in 2018.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Nicaragua peaked at 14.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2005.
Nicaragua ranks 85th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 5.9% | +17.4% |
| 2002 | 5.7% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 8.2% | +101.7% |
| 2007 | 8.3% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 9.5% | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 11.2% | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 12.7% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 13.2% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 14.6% | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | -5.4% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 13.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.4%, 1.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 13.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20.9%, 64% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +101.7% | 4.1% | 8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.7% | 4.1% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 11.2% | 14.6% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 82 Albania 14.4% compare
- 83 Luxembourg 13.8% compare
- 84 Uruguay 13.7% compare
- 86 Republic of Moldova 12.9% compare
- 86 Moldova 12.9% compare
- 88 Kazakhstan 12.5% compare
More infrastructure data for Nicaragua
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 7.33 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 105.96 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 244,832 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.54 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0354 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 244,832 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.06 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Nicaragua?
- Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Nicaragua was 13.4% in 2018, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 14.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2005.
- How does Nicaragua rank for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total?
- Nicaragua ranks 85th out of 126 countries with data for 2018.
- Is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total value added (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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