$4.596 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108 $3.341 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Exchange rates:
cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
Communications ::Nicaragua
Telephones - main lines in use:
312,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 114
Telephones - mobile cellular:
3.039 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 109
Telephone system:
general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company