China vs Nicaragua: Groundnut yields
China
4.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nicaragua
4.12 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
China rank
13th
Nicaragua rank
11th
Groundnut yields over time
- China
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 4.12 tonnes per hectare against 4.04 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
China ranks 13th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 119 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 0.5871 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.8067 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 0.2102 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1990s | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | 2.89 tonnes per hectare | 0.3428 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 5.3 tonnes per hectare | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 3.64 tonnes per hectare | 4.52 tonnes per hectare | 0.8769 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 4.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.3882 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnut yields, China or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 4.12 tonnes per hectare against 4.04 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in groundnut yields between China and Nicaragua?
- 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and Nicaragua rank globally for groundnut yields?
- China ranks 13th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 119 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Groundnut yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.