Maize (corn) — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,424 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Nicaragua is 1,424 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 1,560 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 619.6 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Nicaragua 133rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 848.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 866 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 887.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 906 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 876.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 891.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 888.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 893.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 910.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 913.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 913.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 619.6 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1973 | 931 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 1974 | 775.6 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 920 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 887.1 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 854.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 1,117 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1979 | 1,028 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 1,123 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 938.5 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1982 | 925.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 995.1 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 1,098 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 1,460 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1987 | 1,371 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 1,550 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 1,357 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 1,282 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 1,023 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 1,313 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1993 | 1,304 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,237 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 1,187 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 1,162 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 1,137 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 1,194 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 1,154 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 1,268 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 1,324 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 1,337 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,496 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 1,373 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,402 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,463 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 1,378 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 1,331 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 1,560 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 1,339 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 1,410 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 1,349 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,181 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 1,152 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 1,080 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1,166 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 1,280 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 1,391 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 1,318 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 1,241 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 1,370 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 1,318 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,424 kg/ha | +8.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 1,424 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 1,424 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +50.3% | 619.6 kg/ha | 931 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 885.37 kg/ha | 848.2 kg/ha | 910.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 895.92 kg/ha | 619.6 kg/ha | 1,117 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,192 kg/ha | 925.6 kg/ha | 1,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,199 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,393 kg/ha | 1,268 kg/ha | 1,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,267 kg/ha | 1,080 kg/ha | 1,410 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,338 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 1,424 kg/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) — yield in Nicaragua?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Nicaragua was 1,424 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 1,560 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 619.6 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Nicaragua rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 133rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. 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) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.