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

Economy

make 8.1 times more money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $7,300 as of 2023, while in Indiana, the GDP per capita is $59,083 as of 2024.

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be 43.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Indiana, that number is 2.7% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 55.3% more likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 57.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Indiana, about 88.5% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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