Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 29,980 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 29,980 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2023.
That represents a change of down 14.1% on the previous year and up 76.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 35,132 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 24th out of 41 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 1,050 ha | — |
| 1969 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,100 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17,000 ha | +325.0% |
| 2014 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 22,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 21,625 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 25,218 ha | +16.6% |
| 2018 | 26,767 ha | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 32,008 ha | +19.6% |
| 2020 | 33,459 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 35,132 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 34,894 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 29,980 ha | -14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 233.33 ha | 0 ha | 1,050 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,435 ha | 1,050 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,310 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,150 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,470 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,562 ha | 4,000 ha | 32,008 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,366 ha | 29,980 ha | 35,132 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 22 Benin 42,069 ha compare
- 23 Cambodia 41,647 ha compare
- 25 Solomon Islands 28,000 ha compare
- 26 Panama 25,770 ha compare
- 27 Dominican Republic 25,000 ha 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Nicaragua was 29,980 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 35,132 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 24th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.