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Nicaragua

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  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    7.0 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    175 000

  • Refugees who fled

    304 656

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Nicaragua, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
0.2 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
2%
2026-08
Undernourishment
17.3%
2023
Refugees who fled
—
Refugees hosted
—
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
106
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$3,173
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Nicaragua: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Managua

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2925…325.6 mm35 km/hthunderstorm
Wed, Sep 3025…3025.2 mm23 km/hthunderstorm
Thu, Oct 125…3029.2 mm27 km/hthunderstorm
Fri, Oct 224…3021.9 mm23 km/hthunderstorm
Sat, Oct 324…3114.4 mm27 km/hthunderstorm
Sun, Oct 424…3112.4 mm33 km/h
Mon, Oct 523…2913.2 mm30 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Tortilla (maize) / Pound0.8 USD0.80+14%
Cheese (dry) / Pound3.1 USD3.10+5%
Sugar / Pound0.44 USD0.440%
Rice (milled 80-20) / Pound0.6 USD0.600%
Oil (vegetable) / L1.8 USD1.80-1%
Beans (red) / Pound0.85 USD0.85-2%
Bread / Pound0.98 USD0.98+13%
Potatoes / Pound0.9 USD0.90+7%
Cabbage / Pound0.31 USD0.31+15%
Onions (white) / Pound1.25 USD1.25-9%
Oranges / Pound0.56 USD0.56+14%
Peppers (sweet) / Pound1.44 USD1.44+10%
Plantains / Pound0.44 USD0.44+2%
Squashes / Pound0.32 USD0.320%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-05); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20007

032000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: Droughts 12019: 02020: Tropical cyclones 2, Floods 120202021: 02022: Tropical cyclones 12023: 02024: Tropical cyclones 12025: 020252026: Droughts 12026

DroughtsTropical cyclonesFloods

  • Drought in The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador · Apr 21, 2026 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 677277 km2
  • Tropical Cyclone NADINE-24 · Oct 18, 2024 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 83 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone JULIA-22 · Oct 6, 2022 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone IOTA-20 · Nov 13, 2020 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 259 km/h)
  • Flood in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States · Nov 3, 2020 · Magnitude 0
  • Tropical Cyclone ETA-20 · Oct 31, 2020 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
  • Drought in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua · Sep 21, 2018 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 113247 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)