Coffee, green — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 148,393 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — area harvested in Nicaragua is 148,393 ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.2% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 163,421 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 69,440 ha, in 1989.
Nicaragua ranks 14th of 75 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 89,900 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 92,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 94,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 98,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 87,400 ha | -11.2% |
| 1969 | 87,018 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 84,083 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 82,915 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 83,027 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 83,634 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 83,704 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 84,408 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 84,400 ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 87,925 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 94,500 ha | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 98,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 98,643 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 87,990 ha | -10.8% |
| 1982 | 88,130 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 89,670 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 87,920 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 84,980 ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 77,070 ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 72,100 ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 71,470 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 69,440 ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 70,070 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 74,550 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 75,250 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 73,464 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 83,210 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 83,880 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 84,490 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 92,644 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 93,118 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 91,201 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 107,865 ha | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 108,848 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 115,200 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 115,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 115,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 126,879 ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 114,189 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 126,879 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 115,883 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 118,679 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 113,680 ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 120,283 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 119,927 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 108,830 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 105,519 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 115,454 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 120,497 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 133,533 ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 133,836 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 147,671 ha | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 149,418 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 157,786 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 163,421 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 148,393 ha | -9.2% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 148,393 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,466 ha, 15.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 148,393 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,901 ha, 9.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,202 ha | 84,000 ha | 98,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,660 ha | 82,915 ha | 98,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,741 ha | 69,440 ha | 98,643 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,188 ha | 70,070 ha | 93,118 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,482 ha | 107,865 ha | 126,879 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121,923 ha | 105,519 ha | 147,671 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,754 ha | 148,393 ha | 163,421 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25,119 ha compare
- 11 Guatemala 376,019 ha compare
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 599,673 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 295,000 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 22,478 ha compare
- 13 Honduras 266,728 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 148 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 87,778 ha compare
- 15 El Salvador 117,332 ha compare
- 16 Philippines 115,779 ha compare
- 17 Kenya 113,600 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Nicaragua was 148,393 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 163,421 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,440 ha in 1989.
- How does Nicaragua rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 14th out of 75 countries with data for 2023.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.