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Nicaragua

NI · NIC Latin America and the Caribbean Lower middle income
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Nicaragua (NIC) maps 5 seaports from the NGA World Port Index, 5 airports, and 27 UN/LOCODE transport hubs — each figure traced to a named public registry (NGA, OurAirports, UNECE).

Explore the country's ports, airports, hubs and trade zones below, each cross-linked to its sourced entity record, or open the same nation on databook for its wider reference profile.

5
Ports
5
Airports
27
Locations
30
Trade Zones
0
Airlines

Logistics Performance

Customs 2.0Infra. 1.9Shipments 2.8Competence 2.8Tracking 2.4Timeliness 2.9 World Bank LPI · 6 components (0–5)
  • Global LPI rank#97/139
  • Overall LPI score2.50/5.00
  • UNCTAD liner connectivity (LSCI)29.3 · 2024-Q1
  • Port connectivity (PLSCI)65.1 · Corinto
  • Infrastructure quality1.9
  • Customs efficiency2.0

Transport Network & Freight

Rail network

the World Bank's World Development Indicators (2026-04) records no rail-network figures for Nicaragua.

Container throughput
153,390TEU
World Bank WDI · 2022
Air freight
0.5M ton-km
World Bank WDI · 2000
Maritime territory (EEZ)
213,813km²
Marine Regions
Logistics sites
33
OpenStreetMap
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Trade & Compliance

International Cargo Treaties
Total: 1
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Convention on the International Maritime Organization Party · 1982
UN Treaty Collection
Trade Flow
Top export market USA
Top import source USA
Lead export good Knitted apparel
Lead import good Mineral fuels & oils
Shares of total trade · latest 2024 · 2022
CEPII BACI
Preferential Trade
Total: 10
  • FTA & EIA United Kingdom - Central America
  • FTA & EIA Korea, Republic of - Central America
  • CU Central American Common Market (CACM) - Accession of Panama
  • FTA & EIA Chile - Nicaragua (Chile - Central America)
World Bank DTA
Fiscal & Tariffs
  • CurrencyNIO Cordoba Oro
  • MFN applied tariff5.7% avg · 2022
ISO 4217 · World Bank WDI
Commodity Profile
  • Agriculture (82) Sugar cane 7.0M t · 2023
  • Minerals (7) gypsum and plaster 53k t · 2023
FAOSTAT · BGS · EIA
Trade Controls
Total: 17
0 UN · 17 EU
  • Ramón Antonio AVELLÁN MEDAL
  • Sonia CASTRO GONZÁLEZ
EU Sanctions
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Logistics Infrastructure

Ports

Total: 5

5 seaports in Nicaragua — channel and anchorage depths, berths and cargo facilities from the NGA World Port Index.

Corinto NICIO 13.4 m Puerto Cabezas NIPUZ 10.0 m Puerto Sandino NIPSN 9.4 m Bluefields NIBEF 3.6 m El Bluff NIELB 3.4 m
Sources the SMDG Terminal Code Listthe NGA World Port Index
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Airports

Total: 5

5 airports in Nicaragua, identified by IATA and ICAO codes and located by city.

Puerto Cabezas Airport PUZ 8130 ft Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport MGA 8012 ft Bluefields Airport BEF 6625 ft Corn Island Airport RNI 6234 ft Omtepe Airport MNOM
Source OurAirports
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Locations

Total: 27

27 UN/LOCODE transport hubs in Nicaragua — port, rail, road, air and border-crossing function points.

Corinto NICIO Port, Postal Totogalpa NI8LG Port, Multimodal Boaco NIBOA Road, Multimodal Diriamba NIDIR Road, Multimodal El Jicaral NIEJC Multimodal
Sources GeoNamesUN/LOCODE
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Trade Zones

Total: 30

30 special economic and free-trade zones in Nicaragua, with type and operator.

Camarones de Nicaragua, SA ozm-2939 Specialized Zone Astro Nicaragua, SA ozm-2937 Free Trade Zone Zona Franca Saratoga ozm-2925 Export Processing Zone El Tránsito, SA ozm-2924 Export Processing Zone IAMSA Nicaragua,SA ozm-2936 Free Trade Zone
Source Open Zone Map
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IATA · ICAO

Airlines

Total: 0

IATA / OpenFlights records no registered carriers for Nicaragua.

All Sources

commoditythe British Geological Surveythe British Geological Survey
OGL↗
TradeCEPII (BACI)CEPII (BACI)
Etalab 2.0↗
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
commodityFAOSTATFAOSTAT
CC BY 4.0 IGO↗
LocationsGeoNamesGeoNames
CC BY 4.0↗
InfrastructureGRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)GRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)
CC0↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗
fiscalISO 4217ISO 4217
Factual code list↗
LocationsUN/LOCODEUN/LOCODE
UN/LOCODE — free↗
InfrastructureMarine RegionsMarine Regions
CC BY 4.0↗
Trade ZonesOpen Zone MapOpen Zone Map
CC BY↗
InfrastructureOpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap
ODbL 1.0↗
AirportsOurAirportsOurAirports
Public domain↗
Sanctions & compliancethe EU Consolidated Sanctions Listthe EU Consolidated Sanctions List
© EU — free reuse↗
Portsthe SMDG Terminal Code Listthe SMDG Terminal Code List
UN/LOCODE — free, attribution↗
Sanctions & compliancethe UN Treaty Collectionthe UN Treaty Collection
UN — open↗
Logistics performanceUNCTADUNCTAD
CC BY 3.0 IGO↗
Tradethe World Bank's Deep Trade Agreements databasethe World Bank's Deep Trade Agreements database
CC BY 4.0↗
Logistics performancethe World Bank Logistics Performance Indexthe World Bank Logistics Performance Index
CC BY 4.0↗
Infrastructurethe World Bank's World Development Indicatorsthe World Bank's World Development Indicators
CC BY 4.0↗
Portsthe NGA World Port Indexthe NGA World Port Index
Public domain (US gov)↗