Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 249,854 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2023, maize (corn) — area harvested in Nicaragua stood at 249,854 ha.
The figure is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 417,868 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 131,810 ha, in 1986.
That places Nicaragua 62nd out of 167 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 173,100 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 160,500 ha | -7.3% |
| 1964 | 174,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 195,400 ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 197,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 227,600 ha | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 241,600 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 256,600 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 258,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 265,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 211,100 ha | -20.6% |
| 1973 | 205,356 ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 261,800 ha | +27.5% |
| 1975 | 208,810 ha | -20.2% |
| 1976 | 226,660 ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 212,240 ha | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 227,500 ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 168,017 ha | -26.1% |
| 1980 | 161,698 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 205,811 ha | +27.3% |
| 1982 | 205,800 ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 164,220 ha | -20.2% |
| 1984 | 186,270 ha | +13.4% |
| 1985 | 189,280 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 131,810 ha | -30.4% |
| 1987 | 157,780 ha | +19.7% |
| 1988 | 182,840 ha | +15.9% |
| 1989 | 222,810 ha | +21.9% |
| 1990 | 228,480 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 194,460 ha | -14.9% |
| 1992 | 191,940 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 218,126 ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 195,132 ha | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 278,762 ha | +42.9% |
| 1996 | 277,855 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 232,171 ha | -16.4% |
| 1998 | 251,632 ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 251,938 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 325,143 ha | +29.1% |
| 2001 | 317,090 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 373,595 ha | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 393,474 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 323,191 ha | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 396,256 ha | +22.6% |
| 2006 | 343,160 ha | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 353,263 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 318,435 ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 334,528 ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 341,194 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 357,488 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 344,850 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 417,868 ha | +21.2% |
| 2014 | 312,891 ha | -25.1% |
| 2015 | 269,819 ha | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 352,005 ha | +30.5% |
| 2017 | 319,200 ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 284,124 ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 303,622 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 299,127 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 274,199 ha | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 288,955 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 249,854 ha | -13.5% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 249,854 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 249,854 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 5.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 199,122 ha | 160,500 ha | 256,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 224,588 ha | 168,017 ha | 265,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 180,832 ha | 131,810 ha | 222,810 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 232,050 ha | 191,940 ha | 278,762 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 347,814 ha | 317,090 ha | 396,256 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 330,306 ha | 269,819 ha | 417,868 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 278,034 ha | 249,854 ha | 299,127 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Nicaragua was 249,854 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 417,868 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 131,810 ha in 1986.
- How does Nicaragua rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 62nd out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.