Oranges — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Oranges — Area harvested was 24,770 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2023, oranges — area harvested in Nicaragua stood at 24,770 ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 24,770 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,600 ha, in 1961.
Nicaragua ranks 22nd of 136 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 6,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 6,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 7,100 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 7,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 7,700 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 9,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 11,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 11,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 11,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 11,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 12,700 ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 12,900 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 13,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 13,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 13,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 14,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 14,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 14,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 14,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 14,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 14,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 14,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 14,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 14,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19,500 ha | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 19,614 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 19,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 20,459 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 21,031 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 21,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 22,129 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 23,102 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 24,190 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 23,140 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 23,488 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 23,762 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 24,039 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 24,169 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 24,474 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 24,585 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 24,770 ha | +0.8% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 24,770 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 3.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 24,770 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,627 ha, 3.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,044 ha | 5,600 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,260 ha | 9,000 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,460 ha | 11,000 ha | 13,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,640 ha | 14,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,081 ha | 15,000 ha | 19,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,684 ha | 20,459 ha | 24,190 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,500 ha | 24,169 ha | 24,770 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
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 oranges — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Oranges — area harvested in Nicaragua was 24,770 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 24,770 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 22nd out of 136 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. 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 Oranges — 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.