Cassava, fresh — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 14,553 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cassava, fresh — yield in Nicaragua stood at 14,553 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 84.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 14,569 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,922 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Nicaragua 38th out of 105 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,090 kg/ha | 3,931 kg/ha | 4,205 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,634 kg/ha | 3,922 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,231 kg/ha | 10,909 kg/ha | 12,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,185 kg/ha | 10,842 kg/ha | 11,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,724 kg/ha | 7,948 kg/ha | 12,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,479 kg/ha | 7,025 kg/ha | 11,662 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,271 kg/ha | 9,981 kg/ha | 14,569 kg/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 cassava, fresh — yield in Nicaragua?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Nicaragua was 14,553 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 14,569 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,922 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 38th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.