Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 16,229 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2023, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Nicaragua stood at 16,229 ha.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 109.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 17,316 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 1994.
That places Nicaragua 20th out of 50 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.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 6,200 ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 4,600 ha | -25.8% |
| 1966 | 4,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 4,800 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,400 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 7,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 7,200 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 7,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 6,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 6,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 6,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 6,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 6,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 6,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 5,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | -24.5% |
| 1994 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 3,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 4,300 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 4,800 ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 5,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 6,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 6,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7,756 ha | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 9,625 ha | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 11,271 ha | +17.1% |
| 2016 | 11,804 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 12,976 ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 13,172 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 15,891 ha | +20.6% |
| 2020 | 15,764 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 16,553 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 17,316 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 16,229 ha | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,100 ha | 4,400 ha | 6,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,360 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,950 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,430 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,850 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,330 ha | 6,800 ha | 15,891 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,466 ha | 15,764 ha | 17,316 ha | 4 |
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- 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Nicaragua was 16,229 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 17,316 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1994.
- How does Nicaragua rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 20th out of 50 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.2%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. 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.