Nicaragua vs South America: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield

Nicaragua
95,372 kg/ha
in 2023
South America
73,974 kg/ha
in 2024
Nicaragua rank
10th
South America rank
10th

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield over time

  • Nicaragua
  • South America
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 95,372 kg/ha against 73,974 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 21,398 kg/ha.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.3 times South America's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 10th and South America ranks 10th of 152 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 5 and South America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nicaragua South America Difference Ahead
1960s 55,293 kg/ha 49,961 kg/ha 5,332 kg/ha Nicaragua
1970s 61,573 kg/ha 53,905 kg/ha 7,667 kg/ha Nicaragua
1980s 60,954 kg/ha 61,618 kg/ha 663.72 kg/ha South America
1990s 65,881 kg/ha 66,690 kg/ha 808.55 kg/ha South America
2000s 83,283 kg/ha 74,821 kg/ha 8,462 kg/ha Nicaragua
2010s 93,681 kg/ha 74,023 kg/ha 19,658 kg/ha Nicaragua
2020s 95,437 kg/ha 73,565 kg/ha 21,872 kg/ha Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar crops primary — yield, Nicaragua or South America?
Nicaragua, at 95,372 kg/ha against 73,974 kg/ha in South America as of 2023.
What is the difference in sugar crops primary — yield between Nicaragua and South America?
21,398 kg/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and South America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and South America rank globally for sugar crops primary — yield?
Nicaragua ranks 10th and South America ranks 10th of 152 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 data points, 1961–2024
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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.