Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 24,979 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nicaragua is 24,979 ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 24,979 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,600 ha, in 1961.
Nicaragua ranks 39th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 6,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 6,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 7,100 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 7,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 7,700 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 9,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 11,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 11,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 11,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 11,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 12,700 ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 12,900 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 13,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 13,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 13,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 14,250 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 14,466 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 14,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 14,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 15,056 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 15,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 15,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15,350 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 15,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 15,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 16,350 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 16,850 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 16,300 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 16,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 16,790 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 19,790 ha | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 19,864 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 19,950 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 20,699 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 21,271 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 21,740 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 22,365 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 23,338 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 24,396 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 23,366 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 23,717 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 23,983 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 24,253 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 24,378 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 24,687 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 24,797 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 24,979 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,044 ha | 5,600 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,260 ha | 9,000 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,460 ha | 11,000 ha | 13,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,997 ha | 14,250 ha | 15,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,399 ha | 15,400 ha | 19,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,913 ha | 20,699 ha | 24,396 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,710 ha | 24,378 ha | 24,979 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nicaragua was 24,979 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 24,979 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 39th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.