Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) was 120 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua stood at 120 %. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua peaked at 120 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 102 %, in 2000.
That places Nicaragua 99th out of 148 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 102 % | — |
| 2001 | 104 % | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 105 % | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 106 % | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 107 % | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 108 % | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 109 % | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 109 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 110 % | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 111 % | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 113 % | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 113 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 113 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 112 % | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 113 % | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 114 % | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 115 % | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 116 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 116 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 118 % | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 119 % | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 120 % | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 107.1 % | 102 % | 111 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 114.3 % | 112 % | 118 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.5 % | 119 % | 120 % | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua?
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Nicaragua was 120 % in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 120 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 102 % in 2000.
- How does Nicaragua rank for average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average)?
- Nicaragua ranks 99th out of 148 countries with data for 2021.
- Is average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.