Beans, dry — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Beans, dry — Yield was 836 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, beans, dry — yield in Nicaragua stood at 836 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 914 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 503.5 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Nicaragua 91st out of 127 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 765.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 747.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 842.4 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 814 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 833.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 834.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 838.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 839.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 836.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 914 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 913.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 709.9 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1973 | 727.4 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 715.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 788.6 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 801.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 668.3 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1978 | 834.3 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1979 | 541.3 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1980 | 523 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 664.5 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1982 | 692 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 638.4 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 702.2 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 641.1 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 595.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 503.5 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1988 | 525.1 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 591.5 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 632.7 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 638.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 639.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 669.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 651 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 636.6 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 626.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 531.8 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 790.4 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 1999 | 652.5 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2000 | 778 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2001 | 768.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 789.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 796.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 747.9 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 784.1 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 786.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 736.1 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 738.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 858.7 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 696.7 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 765.8 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 813.3 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 824.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 641.9 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 664.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 738.6 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 860.1 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 858.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 858.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 868.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 891.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 907.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 836 kg/ha | -7.9% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 836 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.55 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 836 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 852.55 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Yield in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +48.6% | 531.8 kg/ha | 790.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 816.87 kg/ha | 747.3 kg/ha | 842.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 761.5 kg/ha | 541.3 kg/ha | 914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 607.66 kg/ha | 503.5 kg/ha | 702.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 646.98 kg/ha | 531.8 kg/ha | 790.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 778.46 kg/ha | 736.1 kg/ha | 858.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 772.24 kg/ha | 641.9 kg/ha | 860.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 875.83 kg/ha | 836 kg/ha | 907.3 kg/ha | 4 |
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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 beans, dry — yield in Nicaragua?
- Beans, dry — yield in Nicaragua was 836 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 914 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 503.5 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Nicaragua rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 91st out of 127 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Beans, dry — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.