
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Central America
Population: 6’150’035
Geopolitics: Developing region

GAPFRAME Score: 5.4
Priority Dimension: Governance (Inner circle)
Average of 4 Dimensions: 6.1 (Outer circle)
| 0 - 5.0 | A THREAT | 5.1 - 6.6 | CRITICAL | 6.7 - 7.4 | WATCHLIST | 7.5 - 8.8 | SAFE SPACE | 8.9 - 10 | TOWARDS IDEAL |
PRIORITY ISSUES
- Waste treatment (0.8) – planet
- Innovation (2.7) – economy
- Structural resilience (4.2) – governance
PRIORITY ISSUES
- Social integration (4.3) – society
- Transparency (4.4) – governance
- Business integrity (4.9) – governance
SAFE SPACE & TOWARDS IDEAL
- Clean air (10) – planet
- Carbon quotient (10) – planet
- Water (9.9) – planet
| ISSUE | RESULT | INDICATOR | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Biodiversity | 9.4 | Extinction rate of animals | 9.6 |
| Protected terrestrial habitat areas | 9.2 | ||
| 2. Carbon quotient | 10 | Carbon quotient | 10 |
| 3. Oceans | 5.8 | Fish stock | 2.2 |
| Phosphate consumption / cultivated land | 9.4 | ||
| 4. Land & forests | 6.0 | Soil quality | 7.6 |
| Organic farming | 0.3 | ||
| Land degradation (desertification) | 10 | ||
| 5. Clean air | 10 | Exposure to air pollution | 10 |
| 6. Water | 9.9 | Renewable Water Resources | 9.9 |
| Water quality | |||
| 7. Clean energy | 5.1 | Renewable Energy | 5.6 |
| Domestic use of solid fuels | 4.6 | ||
| 8. Waste treatment | 0.8 | Recovered & recycled solid municipal waste | |
| Treatment of waste water | 0.8 |
| ISSUE | RESULT | INDICATOR | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. Health | 6.0 | Child survival | 7.5 |
| Sufficient food | 5.8 | ||
| Obesity rate | 4.0 | ||
| Alcohol abuse | 7.0 | ||
| 10. Equal opportunity | Gender wage gap | ||
| Female representation in parliament | |||
| Women presence in boards | |||
| Income distribution (GINI) | 5.3 | ||
| 11. Education | 6.1 | Primary education, enrolment rate, net% | 8.1 |
| Quality of educational system | 2.8 | ||
| Youth in educational training | |||
| Adult literacy rate | 7.5 | ||
| 12. Living conditions | 5.3 | Access to electricity | 7.4 |
| Access to an improved drinking water | 3.3 | ||
| Safe sanitation | 5.2 | ||
| Safety on the road | 5.3 | ||
| 13. Social integration | 4.3 | Tolerance for homosexuals | 4.8 |
| Minority discrimination | 3.8 | ||
| 14. Quality of life | Life satisfaction | ||
| Quality of support network | |||
| Work-Life Balance | |||
| Poverty among population | 6.1 |
| ISSUE | RESULT | INDICATOR | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. Employment | 7.8 | Job security | |
| Youth unemployment | 8.7 | ||
| Unemployment rate | 7.4 | ||
| Slave labour | 7.3 | ||
| 16. Resources use | 8.2 | Energy intensity | 8.1 |
| Natural resources depletion | 8.3 | ||
| 17. Sustainable consumption | 6.8 | Carbon consumption / inhabitant | 9.6 |
| Energy Savings | 4.1 | ||
| 18. Sustainable production | Irrigated agricultural land | ||
| Companies with a sustainability report | |||
| Soundness of banks | 6.2 | ||
| 19. Innovation | 2.7 | Ease of access to loans | 3.1 |
| Availability of latest technologies | 3.4 | ||
| Internet users | 1.5 |
| ISSUE | RESULT | INDICATOR | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20. Public finance | 8.2 | Government debt | 7.3 |
| Budget balance | 9.1 | ||
| 21. Structural resilience | 4.2 | Quality of overall infrastructure | 3.8 |
| Tolerance for immigrants | 6.0 | ||
| Public sector corruption | 2.8 | ||
| 22. Peace & cooperation | 5.1 | Share of voice - Freedom of assembly | 5.0 |
| Freedom of movement | 7.5 | ||
| Strength of legal rights | 0.8 | ||
| Terrorism | 7.1 | ||
| 23. Business integrity | 4.9 | Ethical behavior of firms | 4.1 |
| Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy | 4.4 | ||
| Healthy business support | 6.2 | ||
| 24. Transparency | 4.4 | Good governance | 3.8 |
| Policy Knowledge | |||
| Legal Certainty | |||
| Freedom of expression | 7.2 | ||
| Judicial independence | 2.1 |
24 ISSUES
| ISSUE | RESULT |
|---|---|
| 1. Biodiversity | 9.4 |
| 2. Carbon quotient | 10 |
| 3. Oceans | 5.8 |
| 4. Land & forests | 6.0 |
| 5. Clean air | 10 |
| 6. Water | 9.9 |
| 7. Clean energy | 5.1 |
| 8. Waste treatment | 0.8 |
| 9. Health | 6.0 |
| 10. Equal opportunity | |
| 11. Education | 6.1 |
| 12. Living conditions | 5.3 |
| 13. Social integration | 4.3 |
| 14. Quality of life | |
| 15. Employment | 7.8 |
| 16. Resources use | 8.2 |
| 17. Sustainable consumption | 6.8 |
| 18. Sustainable production | |
| 19. Innovation | 2.7 |
| 20. Public finance | 8.2 |
| 21. Structural resilience | 4.2 |
| 22. Peace & cooperation | 5.1 |
| 23. Business integrity | 4.9 |
| 24. Transparency | 4.4 |

















