Beans, dry — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 212,265 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 212,265 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2023.
The figure is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 302,827 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 46,970 ha, in 1973.
Nicaragua ranks 25th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,034 ha | 47,900 ha | 66,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,172 ha | 46,970 ha | 67,550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,555 ha | 54,294 ha | 107,590 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 133,995 ha | 100,730 ha | 206,115 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 244,100 ha | 222,598 ha | 289,067 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244,479 ha | 216,490 ha | 302,827 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 235,232 ha | 212,265 ha | 243,512 ha | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 90,616 t (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Nicaragua was 212,265 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 302,827 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,970 ha in 1973.
- How does Nicaragua rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 25th out of 141 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.