Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.9224 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Nicaragua, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 0.9224 for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in 2025. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.3% on the previous year and up 100.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Nicaragua peaked at 0.9224 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1806, in 1995.
That places Nicaragua 24th out of 116 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.1991 | — |
| 1995 | 0.1806 | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 0.185 | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2675 | +44.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2391 | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 0.2761 | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2754 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2158 | -21.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2561 | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 0.267 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3043 | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2788 | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3328 | +19.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3342 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2857 | -14.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4866 | +70.3% |
| 2010 | 0.466 | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3897 | -16.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3491 | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 0.381 | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4177 | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4596 | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4556 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4926 | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4664 | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5505 | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7272 | +32.1% |
| 2021 | 0.6692 | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6049 | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7086 | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 0.736 | +3.9% |
| 2025 | 0.9224 | +25.3% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 0.9224 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4996, 1.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 0.9224 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 1.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2246 | 0.1806 | 0.2761 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.3037 | 0.2158 | 0.4866 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4428 | 0.3491 | 0.5505 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7281 | 0.6049 | 0.9224 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More reference data data for Nicaragua
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0819 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4457 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Nicaragua?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Nicaragua was 0.9224 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9224 in 2025.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1806 in 1995.
- How does Nicaragua rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Nicaragua ranks 24th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as part of Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The stock of international reserves is expressed as the number of months of financing-coverage it represents for the given country's imports of merchandise goods.