Oil palm fruit — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 15,357 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Nicaragua, 1968–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Nicaragua is 15,357 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 26,500 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 8,393 kg/ha, in 1991.
Nicaragua ranks 8th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 8,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1969 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,636 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 8,696 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 8,696 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,542 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 8,400 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 8,600 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 8,462 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 8,518 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 8,393 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 12,250 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 1993 | 15,000 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1994 | 20,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 20,500 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 25,000 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1997 | 26,500 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 26,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 26,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 26,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 26,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 26,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24,318 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 22,400 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 22,920 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 23,480 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 21,100 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 24,333 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 21,675 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 21,675 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 13,000 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2014 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13,179 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 13,086 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 12,777 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 12,997 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 14,346 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 14,232 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 14,902 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 15,357 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 15,357 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,915 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 15,357 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,525 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +46.0% | 8,393 kg/ha | 12,250 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -35.0% | 20,000 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +33.3% | 15,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,571 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 8,571 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,575 kg/ha | 8,400 kg/ha | 8,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,916 kg/ha | 8,393 kg/ha | 26,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,805 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 26,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,439 kg/ha | 12,777 kg/ha | 21,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,709 kg/ha | 14,232 kg/ha | 15,357 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 5 Indonesia 16,969 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 16,870 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 16,400 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,580 kg/ha compare
- 9 Colombia 15,295 kg/ha compare
- 10 Peru 14,691 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 14,525 kg/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)
- 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Nicaragua?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Nicaragua was 15,357 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 26,500 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,393 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Nicaragua rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 8th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.