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Nicaragua: Average interest on new external debt commitments, private

5.22percent · 2025

Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Nicaragua from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.218
20246.387
20230
20220
20210
20200
20190
20180
20174.28
20161
20150
20140
20130
20120
20110
20100
20090
20080
20070
20060
20050
20040
20030
20020
20010
20000.75
19996.8
19980
19970
19960
19957.409
19946.036
19930
19920
19912.91
19909.375
198911.5
19889.822
19876.134
19868.8
19858.775
19845.253
198310
19827.965
19818.144
19804.289
19790
19788.771
19778.331
19767.748
19757.188
19742.265
19733.328
19725.526
19717.891
19708.572

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