Nicaragua exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Nicaragua in Caribbean Central America, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 129.0K | 0.0M | $10.7B | 8.41% | 0.00% | 17.59% |
| IND | 37.9K | 0.0M | $7.7B | 2.47% | 0.00% | 12.57% |
| RES | 1,367.1K | 6.7M | $42.5B | 89.12% | 100.00% | 69.84% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Nicaragua.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Nicaragua.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Nicaragua.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Managua | 355.9K | 1,591.6K | $18.4B | 23.20% | 23.79% | 30.13% |
| León | 110.8K | 441.6K | $5.2B | 7.22% | 6.60% | 8.61% |
| Chinandega | 110.6K | 459.2K | $4.8B | 7.21% | 6.86% | 7.80% |
| Matagalpa | 126.2K | 564.5K | $4.7B | 8.23% | 8.44% | 7.63% |
| Masaya | 87.4K | 398.3K | $4.1B | 5.70% | 5.95% | 6.77% |
| Jinotega | 108.6K | 554.7K | $2.9B | 7.08% | 8.29% | 4.77% |
| Costa Caribe Sur | 106.7K | 505.8K | $2.9B | 6.96% | 7.56% | 4.74% |
| Estelí | 58.1K | 244.0K | $2.8B | 3.79% | 3.65% | 4.60% |
| Rivas | 65.8K | 119.0K | $2.7B | 4.29% | 1.78% | 4.36% |
| Costa Caribe Norte | 109.7K | 541.0K | $2.4B | 7.15% | 8.09% | 4.00% |
| Carazo | 47.6K | 195.1K | $2.1B | 3.10% | 2.92% | 3.52% |
| Chontales | 46.3K | 192.7K | $1.9B | 3.02% | 2.88% | 3.18% |
| Nueva Segovia | 63.1K | 278.3K | $1.7B | 4.12% | 4.16% | 2.86% |
| Boaco | 42.9K | 200.8K | $1.4B | 2.80% | 3.00% | 2.27% |
| Granada | 25.3K | 90.0K | $1.2B | 1.65% | 1.35% | 2.01% |
| Madriz | 37.5K | 176.8K | $1.0B | 2.44% | 2.64% | 1.58% |
| Río San Juan | 31.5K | 136.5K | $0.7B | 2.05% | 2.04% | 1.16% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Nicaragua.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| W | W+WS/LPB/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 418,801 | 1,970.1K | $6,369.9M | 27.30% | 29.45% | 10.46% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 59,836 | 320.6K | $5,473.3M | 3.90% | 4.79% | 8.98% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 189,172 | 835.2K | $5,209.5M | 12.33% | 12.49% | 8.55% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 57,320 | 255.1K | $2,913.2M | 3.74% | 3.81% | 4.78% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 66,719 | 357.0K | $2,756.1M | 4.35% | 5.34% | 4.52% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 28,606 | 155.2K | $2,617.2M | 1.86% | 2.32% | 4.30% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 53,896 | 250.0K | $2,200.3M | 3.51% | 3.74% | 3.61% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 15,247 | 0.0K | $2,042.5M | 0.99% | 0.00% | 3.35% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 10,862 | 0.0K | $1,931.7M | 0.71% | 0.00% | 3.17% | |
| MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 36,562 | 165.2K | $1,858.3M | 2.38% | 2.47% | 3.05% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 21,968 | 0.0K | $1,446.4M | 1.43% | 0.00% | 2.37% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 14,056 | 125.8K | $1,436.1M | 0.92% | 1.88% | 2.36% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 43,592 | 200.1K | $1,181.6M | 2.84% | 2.99% | 1.94% |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 5,429 | 0.0K | $1,052.0M | 0.35% | 0.00% | 1.73% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 5,428 | 0.0K | $1,051.8M | 0.35% | 0.00% | 1.73% | |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 20,573 | 114.3K | $1,003.4M | 1.34% | 1.71% | 1.65% |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 16,041 | 0.0K | $990.6M | 1.05% | 0.00% | 1.63% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 16,031 | 0.0K | $989.9M | 1.05% | 0.00% | 1.62% | |
| CR- | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 5,429 | 0.0K | $981.8M | 0.35% | 0.00% | 1.61% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 18,021 | 100.6K | $919.9M | 1.17% | 1.50% | 1.51% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 13,611 | 0.0K | $887.2M | 0.89% | 0.00% | 1.46% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 9,266 | 49.8K | $847.1M | 0.60% | 0.74% | 1.39% |
| W | W+WBB/LPB/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 46,097 | 217.6K | $808.8M | 3.01% | 3.25% | 1.33% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 7,340 | 66.9K | $750.3M | 0.48% | 1.00% | 1.23% |
| MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 7,456 | 40.6K | $681.6M | 0.49% | 0.61% | 1.12% | |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 10,156 | 0.0K | $680.6M | 0.66% | 0.00% | 1.12% | |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 3,382 | 0.0K | $679.8M | 0.22% | 0.00% | 1.12% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 39,291 | 184.9K | $597.6M | 2.56% | 2.76% | 0.98% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 78,523 | 373.5K | $572.5M | 5.12% | 5.58% | 0.94% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 36,960 | 175.1K | $562.1M | 2.41% | 2.62% | 0.92% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 10,537 | 47.3K | $535.1M | 0.69% | 0.71% | 0.88% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 3,806 | 0.0K | $509.8M | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.84% | |
| CR- | CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 17,662 | 81.4K | $478.8M | 1.15% | 1.22% | 0.79% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 2,717 | 0.0K | $474.6M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.78% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 4,146 | 37.4K | $424.6M | 0.27% | 0.56% | 0.70% | |
| MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 1,204 | 0.0K | $420.9M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.69% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 17,489 | 100.6K | $399.1M | 1.14% | 1.50% | 0.66% |
| OT | INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 58,914 | 271.4K | $379.1M | 3.84% | 4.06% | 0.62% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 5,490 | 0.0K | $361.3M | 0.36% | 0.00% | 0.59% |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 2,738 | 0.0K | $360.9M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.59% | |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 5,924 | 26.9K | $301.3M | 0.39% | 0.40% | 0.49% |
| MR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 2,907 | 26.5K | $297.6M | 0.19% | 0.40% | 0.49% | |
| CR+ | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 1,554 | 0.0K | $271.2M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.45% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 1,358 | 0.0K | $253.9M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.42% |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 1,358 | 0.0K | $253.9M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.42% | |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 4,005 | 0.0K | $247.5M | 0.26% | 0.00% | 0.41% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 4,005 | 0.0K | $247.5M | 0.26% | 0.00% | 0.41% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 2,004 | 0.0K | $247.5M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.41% | |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 2,003 | 0.0K | $247.3M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.41% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 4,734 | 25.0K | $230.9M | 0.31% | 0.37% | 0.38% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 598 | 0.0K | $224.4M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.37% |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 598 | 0.0K | $224.4M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.37% | |
| S+SL/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 3,398 | 0.0K | $221.5M | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.36% | |
| CR- | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 598 | 0.0K | $209.5M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.34% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 2,528 | 0.0K | $169.4M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.28% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 834 | 0.0K | $168.0M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.28% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 1,259 | 6.7K | $122.9M | 0.08% | 0.10% | 0.20% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 2,189 | 19.4K | $119.6M | 0.14% | 0.29% | 0.20% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 299 | 0.0K | $104.3M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.17% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:5/RES | RES | 264 | 14.7K | $92.0M | 0.02% | 0.22% | 0.15% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 328 | 14.6K | $91.9M | 0.02% | 0.22% | 0.15% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 682 | 0.0K | $89.7M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 781 | 7.0K | $85.8M | 0.05% | 0.11% | 0.14% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 7,665 | 41.6K | $83.8M | 0.50% | 0.62% | 0.14% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 139 | 6.3K | $78.7M | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.13% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:5/RES | RES | 96 | 5.4K | $69.7M | 0.01% | 0.08% | 0.11% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 498 | 0.0K | $61.8M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 498 | 0.0K | $61.8M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.10% | |
| CR+ | CR+PCPS/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 169 | 0.0K | $58.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| S | S+SR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 148 | 0.0K | $55.3M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 148 | 0.0K | $55.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 6 | 0.0K | $32.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:7/COM | COM | 12 | 0.0K | $4.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:12-24/COM | COM | 1 | 0.0K | $1.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 10 | 0.0K | $0.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:7/COM | COM | 1 | 0.0K | $0.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |