Grand Total — Food supply in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,760 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 2,760 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Nicaragua peaked at 2,798 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,539 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Nicaragua ranks 119th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,539 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,571 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,582 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,571 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,553 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,638 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,668 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,645 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,681 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,700 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,751 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,798 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,760 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,600 kcal/cap/d | 2,539 kcal/cap/d | 2,681 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,753 kcal/cap/d | 2,700 kcal/cap/d | 2,798 kcal/cap/d | 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 grand total — food supply in Nicaragua?
- Grand total — food supply in Nicaragua was 2,760 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 2,798 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,539 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Nicaragua rank for grand total — food supply?
- Nicaragua ranks 119th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.