Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 21 kcal/cap/d in 2022. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Nicaragua, 2001–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua is 21 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua peaked at 58 kcal/cap/d in 2002 and was at its lowest, 10 kcal/cap/d, in 2007.
That places Nicaragua 106th out of 147 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2002 | 58 kcal/cap/d | +81.2% |
| 2003 | 54 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 54 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 44 kcal/cap/d | -18.5% |
| 2006 | 27 kcal/cap/d | -38.6% |
| 2007 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -63.0% |
| 2008 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24 kcal/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 23 kcal/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 30 kcal/cap/d | +30.4% |
| 2016 | 38 kcal/cap/d | +26.7% |
| 2017 | 33 kcal/cap/d | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 33 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 32 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 30 kcal/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -53.3% |
| 2022 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +50.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.78 kcal/cap/d | 10 kcal/cap/d | 58 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.8 kcal/cap/d | 21 kcal/cap/d | 38 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.67 kcal/cap/d | 14 kcal/cap/d | 30 kcal/cap/d | 3 |
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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)
- 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 per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua was 21 kcal/cap/d in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 58 kcal/cap/d in 2002.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kcal/cap/d in 2007.
- How does Nicaragua rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Nicaragua ranks 106th out of 147 countries with data for 2022.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.