Maize (corn) — Production in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Maize (corn) — Production was 355,856 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Nicaragua is 355,856 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Nicaragua peaked at 588,599 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 130,800 t, in 1972.
Nicaragua ranks 91st of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176,642 t | 140,200 t | 233,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 200,530 t | 130,800 t | 254,150 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 213,580 t | 163,411 t | 302,310 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 277,864 t | 198,900 t | 330,845 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 485,390 t | 412,195 t | 588,599 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 418,609 t | 291,383 t | 504,079 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 370,930 t | 355,856 t | 380,992 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 88 Belgium-Luxembourg 405,482 t compare
- 89 Chad 394,045 t compare
- 90 Slovenia 384,930 t compare
- 92 Tajikistan 340,000 t compare
- 93 Syrian Arab Republic 320,113 t compare
- 94 Azerbaijan 302,690 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 90,616 t (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Nicaragua?
- Maize (corn) — production in Nicaragua was 355,856 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 588,599 t in 2003.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 130,800 t in 1972.
- How does Nicaragua rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Nicaragua ranks 91st out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. 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) — Production. 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.