Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 16,726 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Nicaragua is 16,726 ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 123.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 16,726 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1987.
That places Nicaragua 22nd out of 53 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 4,750 ha | +18.8% |
| 1976 | 4,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,787 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 3,100 ha | -35.2% |
| 1979 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,071 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 2,600 ha | -15.3% |
| 1982 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | -35.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +207.7% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | -35.0% |
| 1991 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,700 ha | +30.8% |
| 1996 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,900 ha | +93.3% |
| 2000 | 1,900 ha | -34.5% |
| 2001 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 1,900 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 2,900 ha | +45.0% |
| 2005 | 2,100 ha | -27.6% |
| 2006 | 5,600 ha | +166.7% |
| 2007 | 3,900 ha | -30.4% |
| 2008 | 5,000 ha | +28.2% |
| 2009 | 6,200 ha | +24.0% |
| 2010 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 6,765 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 6,400 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 7,500 ha | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 6,600 ha | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 9,781 ha | +48.2% |
| 2016 | 9,344 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 9,907 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 11,713 ha | +18.2% |
| 2019 | 12,397 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 12,673 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 13,384 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 15,278 ha | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 16,726 ha | +9.5% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 16,726 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34,605 ha, 48% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 16,726 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 3.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +207.7% | 1,300 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2006 | +166.7% | 2,100 ha | 5,600 ha |
| 1999 | +93.3% | 1,500 ha | 2,900 ha |
| 1993 | -50.0% | 2,600 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 2015 | +48.2% | 6,600 ha | 9,781 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,856 ha | 3,800 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,249 ha | 3,100 ha | 4,787 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,287 ha | 1,300 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,950 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,345 ha | 1,900 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,671 ha | 6,300 ha | 12,397 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,515 ha | 12,673 ha | 16,726 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 19 Philippines 33,055 ha compare
- 20 Togo 25,336 ha compare
- 21 Madagascar 23,481 ha compare
- 23 Solomon Islands 10,754 ha compare
- 24 Dominica 10,705 ha compare
- 25 Costa Rica 7,783 ha compare
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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Nicaragua was 16,726 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 16,726 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1987.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 22nd out of 53 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.0%. 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 Cocoa beans — Area harvested. 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.