Central America vs Nicaragua: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Central America
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 95,372 kg/ha against 76,463 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 18,909 kg/ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.2 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 10th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 31 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,986 kg/ha | 55,293 kg/ha | 2,693 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 63,990 kg/ha | 61,573 kg/ha | 2,417 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 68,151 kg/ha | 60,954 kg/ha | 7,197 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 75,529 kg/ha | 65,881 kg/ha | 9,648 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 77,703 kg/ha | 83,283 kg/ha | 5,579 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 80,300 kg/ha | 93,681 kg/ha | 13,381 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 77,767 kg/ha | 95,437 kg/ha | 17,670 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Central America or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 95,372 kg/ha against 76,463 kg/ha in Central America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Central America and Nicaragua?
- 18,909 kg/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Central America and Nicaragua rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Central America ranks 10th and Nicaragua ranks 11th of 31 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.