Carrots and turnips — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 24,300 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Nicaragua, 1991–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 24,300 kg/ha for carrots and turnips — yield in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 31,916 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 24,300 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Nicaragua 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 31,916 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 31,643 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 31,369 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 31,095 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 30,822 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 30,548 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 30,274 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 30,001 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 29,727 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 29,454 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 29,180 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 28,906 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 28,632 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 28,370 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 28,117 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 27,865 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 27,613 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 27,361 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 27,109 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 26,857 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 26,605 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 26,352 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 26,619 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 26,467 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 26,425 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 24,867 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 24,776 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 25,584 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 26,408 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 27,177 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 26,339 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 26,844 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 24,300 kg/ha | -9.5% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 24,300 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22,209 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 24,300 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18,419 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,822 kg/ha | 29,727 kg/ha | 31,916 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 28,261 kg/ha | 27,109 kg/ha | 29,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,096 kg/ha | 24,776 kg/ha | 26,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,165 kg/ha | 24,300 kg/ha | 27,177 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
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 carrots and turnips — yield in Nicaragua?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Nicaragua was 24,300 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 31,916 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,300 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2023.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.