​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : January 26, 1962
  • GDP(2023) : $17.4 billion
  • GDP(per capita) : $2,608
  • Economic Growth Rate : 4.7%
  • Exports(2023) : $4.85 billion
  • Imports(2023) : $8.36 billion
  • Bilateral Trade(2023)
    • Exports : $84 million
    • Imports : $48 million
  • Number of Koreans living in Nicaragua(2023) : about 705
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Nicaragua
      • 2007   January, Special Envoy, Kim Won Woong
      • 2016   November Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Joo Hyung Hwan
      • 2017   February, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Park Joo Sun
      • 2019   March, IMO Scretary-General, Lim Kitack
    • From Nicaragua to the ROK
      • 2000   May, President, Alemán
      • 2009   November, Foreign Minister, Santos
      • 2011   November, Foreign Minister, Santos
      • 2012   July, Director General of National Police, Granera
      • 2014   July, Foreign Minister, Santos
      • 2014   September, Attorney General, Guido
      • 2016   February, President of Korea-Nicaragua Friendship Group
      • 2017   August, Minister Adviser for Politics of International Affairs, Marin Arauz
      • 2017   October, Interior Minister, Amelia
      • 2018   September, Interior Minister, Amelia
      • 2019   August, Minister of Finance and Public Credit , Acosta

• Related documents

  • ROK and Nicaragua Sign an Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Driver’s Licenses
  • “Hall of Korea (Sala de Corea)” Opens in the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
  • Foreign Minister Meets with His Nicaraguan Counterpart Santos
  • Outcome of the ROK-Nicaragua Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  • Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Santos Visits Korea

• Related links

  • Embassy in Nicaragua