Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,277 kg/An in 2023. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua is 1,277 kg/An, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 6.1% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua peaked at 1,523 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 535 kg/An, in 1983.
That places Nicaragua 86th out of 185 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.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 815 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 806 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 824 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 848 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 956 kg/An | +12.7% |
| 1966 | 984 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 959 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 988 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 1,020 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 1,066 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 1,023 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 1,093 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 1,133 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 1,226 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 1,185 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 1,150 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,035 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 884 kg/An | -14.6% |
| 1979 | 859 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 825 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 760 kg/An | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 730 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 535 kg/An | -26.7% |
| 1984 | 743 kg/An | +38.9% |
| 1985 | 771 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 837 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 856 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 805 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 796 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 790 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 805 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 814 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 799 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 797 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 798 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 752 kg/An | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 734 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 727 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 654 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 704 kg/An | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 706 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 663 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 689 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 691 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 690 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 730 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 730 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 730 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 730 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 730 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 764 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 862 kg/An | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 959 kg/An | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 1,055 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 1,152 kg/An | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,249 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 1,523 kg/An | +21.9% |
| 2018 | 1,345 kg/An | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 1,345 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,350 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,384 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1,360 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 1,277 kg/An | -6.1% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 1,277 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 2.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 1,277 kg/An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,388 kg/An, 92% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +38.9% | 535 kg/An | 743 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 911.11 kg/An | 806 kg/An | 1,020 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,065 kg/An | 859 kg/An | 1,226 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 765.8 kg/An | 535 kg/An | 856 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 767 kg/An | 654 kg/An | 814 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 706.3 kg/An | 663 kg/An | 730 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,098 kg/An | 730 kg/An | 1,523 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,343 kg/An | 1,277 kg/An | 1,384 kg/An | 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 milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua was 1,277 kg/An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 1,523 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 535 kg/An in 1983.
- How does Nicaragua rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Nicaragua ranks 86th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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 Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.