Maize and products — Food supply in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Maize and products — Food supply was 584.72 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 584.72 kcal/cap/d for maize and products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Nicaragua peaked at 665.25 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 567.39 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
That places Nicaragua 13th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 665.25 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 628.8 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 622.3 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 626.32 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 611.71 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 603.35 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 648.65 kcal/cap/d | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 627.67 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 605.68 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 605.94 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 567.39 kcal/cap/d | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 584.08 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 585.58 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 584.72 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 624.57 kcal/cap/d | 603.35 kcal/cap/d | 665.25 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 580.44 kcal/cap/d | 567.39 kcal/cap/d | 585.58 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 10 Türkiye 126.76 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Uganda 649.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Botswana 620.53 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 112.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 South Africa 613.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 161.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 54.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Egypt 569.71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Namibia 537.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.86 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Polynesia 20.56 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Zimbabwe 536.53 kcal/cap/d 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 maize and products — food supply in Nicaragua?
- Maize and products — food supply in Nicaragua was 584.72 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 665.25 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 567.39 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Nicaragua rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Nicaragua ranks 13th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize and products — 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.