Haiti vs Nicaragua

Haiti and Nicaragua compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Haiti has about 1.7 times as many people as Nicaragua: 11.9 million against 7 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Nicaragua ($3,173) is 18% higher than in Haiti ($2,694) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Nicaragua (4.9%) than in Haiti (-2.7%), a difference of 7.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Haiti (28.6%) than in Nicaragua (2.1%), a difference of 26.5 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Haiti (14.9%) than in Nicaragua (5%), a difference of 9.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Nicaragua can expect to live 10 years longer than one born in Haiti: 75.1 years against 65.1 years in 2024.
• The population of Nicaragua is older: half of its people are over 25.3 years, against 23.5 years in Haiti in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Nicaragua (61.4%) than in Haiti (47.9%), a difference of 13.5 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Nicaragua (0.83 tonnes) are about 2.8 times as high as in Haiti (0.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Nicaragua (25.8% in 2023) than in Haiti (13.5% in 2024), a difference of 12.3 percentage points.