Nicaragua vs Upper middle income: Multilateral debt service
Multilateral debt service over time
- Nicaragua
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 89.4% against 15.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 73.5%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 5.6 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 55 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Nicaragua ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 11th of 123 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.3% | 12.3% | 14.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 46.1% | 13.2% | 32.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 53.2% | 20.5% | 32.7% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 51.5% | 21.7% | 29.8% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 75.0% | 17.1% | 57.9% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 13.0% | 74.5% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher multilateral debt service, Nicaragua or Upper middle income?
- Nicaragua, at 89.4% against 15.9% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in multilateral debt service between Nicaragua and Upper middle income?
- 73.5%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Upper middle income?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Nicaragua and Upper middle income rank globally for multilateral debt service?
- Nicaragua ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 11th of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Multilateral debt service (% of public and publicly guaranteed debt service). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Multilateral debt service is the repayment of principal and interest to the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral agencies. public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.