Contribution of Autonomous Regions to the Gross Domestic Product of Nicaragua

Abstract

The main objective of this article was the calculation of the contribution, in the year 2010, of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region and the South Atlantic Autonomous Region to the Gross Domestic Product of Nicaragua. The research was descriptive presenting, through the comparative method, the regional economic participation in the national economy. The main research technique was literature review and the analysis of the Gross Domestic Product activities. An important result of the research was to determine the five activities with the highest contributions to the national economy in the year 2010, and to compare this situation with the year 2000. One relevant conclusion is that each autonomous region persists in its role of primary-exporting economy with relevant contributions to the national primary and mining output. Another important conclusion is that the development of both autonomous regions is lagging; they accounts for 13.1% of the national population, but only 9.6% of Nicaraguaꞌ Gross Domestic Product.