Ecuador vs Nicaragua: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal

Ecuador
10.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
Nicaragua
11.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
Ecuador rank
128th
Nicaragua rank
126th

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal over time

  • Ecuador
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 11.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal against 10.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in Ecuador, a difference of 0.5251 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 128th and Nicaragua ranks 126th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal
Unit
constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 6,112 data points, 1962–2022
Last refreshed

Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.