Nicaragua's life expectancy rose from 64.9 yrs in 1995 to 75.1 yrs in 2024.
Nicaragua · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 19 with data
Nicaragua's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 65.3 yrs in 2000 to 64.6 yrs in 2021.
Nicaragua's infant mortality fell from 43.1 ‰ in 1995 to 9.4 ‰ in 2024.
Nicaragua's under-5 mortality rate fell from 51.1 ‰ in 1995 to 11.2 ‰ in 2024.
Nicaragua's maternal mortality ratio fell from 256.0 /100k in 1994 to 60.0 /100k in 2023.
Nicaragua's ncd mortality fell from 13.4 % in 2000 to 12.6 % in 2021.
Nicaragua's suicide mortality rate fell from 7.6 /100k in 2000 to 4.2 /100k in 2021.
Nicaragua's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 16.3 /100k in 2000 to 16.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.7 pts57th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.8 %125th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.9 pts132nd of 192
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- Physiciansdown −2.5 %78th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −0.9 %93rd of 129
- Hospital bedsup +5.4 %103rd of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −8.0 pts122nd of 193
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −3.0 pts110th of 193
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- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.3 %104th of 208
›No data available (4)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Nicaragua.
- SmokingNo data
- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)No data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data