Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,835 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2023, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua stood at 1,835 ha.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 605.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua peaked at 6,200 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 31st out of 74 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | +150.0% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 630 ha | +14.5% |
| 1997 | 640 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 720 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | +80.6% |
| 2000 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,650 ha | +26.9% |
| 2003 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | +76.5% |
| 2007 | 3,750 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 3,950 ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 4,550 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 6,200 ha | +36.3% |
| 2011 | 3,600 ha | -41.9% |
| 2012 | 260 ha | -92.8% |
| 2013 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,438 ha | +453.1% |
| 2015 | 2,625 ha | +82.5% |
| 2016 | 1,432 ha | -45.4% |
| 2017 | 1,832 ha | +27.9% |
| 2018 | 1,963 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 1,742 ha | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 1,839 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 1,854 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,812 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 1,835 ha | +1.3% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 1,835 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,327 ha, 79% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 1,835 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 2.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 489 ha | 100 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,460 ha | 1,300 ha | 4,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,135 ha | 260 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,835 ha | 1,812 ha | 1,854 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)
- 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Nicaragua was 1,835 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 6,200 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Nicaragua ranks 31st out of 74 countries with data for 2023.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 605.8%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.