If you lived in Nicaragua instead of Chad, you would:

Health

be 81.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Chad, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Nicaragua, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 15.6 years longer

In Chad, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 61 years for women) as of 2022. In Nicaragua, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

be 3.9 times more likely to be obese

In Chad, 6.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Nicaragua, that number is 23.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 4.1 times more money

Chad has a GDP per capita of $1,800 as of 2023, while in Nicaragua, the GDP per capita is $7,300 as of 2023.

be 41.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Chad, 42.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Nicaragua, however, that number is 24.9% as of 2016.

pay a 50.0% lower top tax rate

Chad has a top tax rate of 60.0% as of 2016. In Nicaragua, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.

be 4.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Chad, 1.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Nicaragua, that number is 4.8% as of 2023.

Life

be 3.1 times more likely to be literate

In Chad, the literacy rate is 26.8% as of 2021. In Nicaragua, it is 82.6% as of 2015.

be 70.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Chad, approximately 65.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Nicaragua, on the other hand, 19.1 children do as of 2022.

be 23.8% more likely to die during childbirth

In Chad, approximately 63.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Nicaragua, 78.0 women do as of 2020.

have 58.2% fewer children

In Chad, there are approximately 39.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Nicaragua, there are 16.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 7.4 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Chad, approximately 12% of people have electricity access (43% in urban areas, and 1% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Nicaragua, that number is 86% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 66% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 3.2 times more likely to have internet access

In Chad, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Nicaragua, about 57.0% do as of 2021.

be 36.6% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Chad, approximately 61% of people have improved drinking water access (90% in urban areas, and 52% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Nicaragua, that number is 83% of people on average (98% in urban areas, and 63% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 58.6% more on education

Chad spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Nicaragua spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 59.3% more on healthcare

Chad spends 5.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Nicaragua, that number is 8.6% of GDP as of 2020.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: General Directorate of Revenues, The World Factbook, General Inspectorate of Finance.

Nicaragua: At a glance

Nicaragua is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 119,990 sq km. The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. After losing free and fair elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra was elected president in 2006 and reelected in 2011. The 2008 municipal elections, 2010 regional elections, 2011 presidential elections, 2012 municipal elections, and 2013 regional elections were marred by widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt, but democratic institutions have been weakened under the ORTEGA administration.
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