Income inequality: Atkinson index in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3528 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 0.3528 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Nicaragua peaked at 0.3528 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3132, in 2010.
Nicaragua ranks 57th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3132 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3132 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3132 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3132 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3528 | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 0.3528 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 0.3528 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3369 | 0.3132 | 0.3528 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3528 | 0.3528 | 0.3528 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 54 Costa Rica 0.3559 compare
- 55 Honduras 0.3557 compare
- 56 Guinea-Bissau 0.3531 compare
- 58 Mauritania 0.35 compare
- 59 Paraguay 0.3457 compare
- 60 Jamaica 0.3368 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Nicaragua
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,515 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.63 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.78 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.8% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Nicaragua?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Nicaragua was 0.3528 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3528 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3132 in 2010.
- How does Nicaragua rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Nicaragua ranks 57th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.