Cocoa beans — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cocoa beans — Yield was 557 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cocoa beans — yield in Nicaragua stood at 557 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.7% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 666.2 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 125 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Nicaragua 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 131.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 131.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 131.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 131.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 131.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 131.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 153.8 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1968 | 150 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 133.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 125 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 129.9 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 130.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 130.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 161.3 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1979 | 161.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 162.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 153.8 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 153.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 150 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 153.8 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 153.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 153.8 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 153.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 153.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 153.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 153.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 147.1 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 133.3 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1997 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 137.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 131.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 153.8 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 271.1 kg/ha | +76.3% |
| 2003 | 275 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 275.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 276.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 250 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 248.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 250 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 301.6 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 305.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 437.5 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 2013 | 533.3 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2014 | 443 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 491.5 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 554.8 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 666.2 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 592.4 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 592.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 592.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 598.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 631.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 557 kg/ha | -11.7% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 557 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 393.35 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 557 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +76.3% | 153.8 kg/ha | 271.1 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +43.0% | 305.9 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 138.16 kg/ha | 131.6 kg/ha | 153.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 137.22 kg/ha | 125 kg/ha | 161.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 152.8 kg/ha | 150 kg/ha | 162.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145.39 kg/ha | 133.3 kg/ha | 153.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 238.23 kg/ha | 131.6 kg/ha | 276.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 491.89 kg/ha | 301.6 kg/ha | 666.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 594.85 kg/ha | 557 kg/ha | 631.1 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 495.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sri Lanka 680.9 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 399.8 kg/ha compare
- 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ghana 576.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 553.7 kg/ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 544.2 kg/ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 183.4 kg/ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 102.5 kg/ha compare
- 14 Uganda 533 kg/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 — yield in Nicaragua?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Nicaragua was 557 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 666.2 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. 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 — 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.