Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 50,794 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Nicaragua is 50,794 ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 51,685 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,900 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 14,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 14,800 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 13,137 ha | -11.2% |
| 1966 | 13,546 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 15,369 ha | +13.5% |
| 1968 | 15,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 15,818 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 16,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 16,700 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 17,916 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 19,229 ha | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 19,782 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 20,882 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 21,482 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 22,570 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 23,110 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 22,909 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 23,047 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 22,998 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 23,146 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 22,950 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 24,539 ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 28,360 ha | +15.6% |
| 1986 | 28,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 28,860 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 28,750 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 28,740 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 30,185 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 28,516 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 28,150 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 25,734 ha | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 25,498 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 26,243 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 26,043 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 26,221 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 26,195 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 26,108 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 26,641 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 27,295 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 27,252 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 27,904 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 27,134 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 28,588 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 29,121 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 32,415 ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 32,796 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 33,161 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 34,821 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 35,797 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 36,472 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 38,148 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 41,489 ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 44,387 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 44,427 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 46,077 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 46,666 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 49,926 ha | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 49,809 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 50,926 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 51,685 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 50,794 ha | -1.7% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 50,794 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 71% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 50,794 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,197 ha | 12,300 ha | 15,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,068 ha | 16,100 ha | 23,110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,999 ha | 22,950 ha | 28,860 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,889 ha | 25,498 ha | 30,185 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,231 ha | 26,641 ha | 33,161 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,821 ha | 34,821 ha | 49,926 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,804 ha | 49,809 ha | 51,685 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2567 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.041 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.7276 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Nicaragua was 50,794 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 51,685 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 100th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.