Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Plantains and cooking bananas — Production was 333,889 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, plantains and cooking bananas — production in Nicaragua stood at 333,889 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 293.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — production in Nicaragua peaked at 333,889 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35,000 t, in 1994.
Nicaragua ranks 16th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 62,300 t | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 68,900 t | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 74,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 55,500 t | -25.0% |
| 1966 | 52,700 t | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 57,500 t | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 57,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 60,100 t | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 61,200 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 65,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 67,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 68,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 70,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 81,236 t | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 82,540 t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 83,351 t | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 80,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 75,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 74,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 73,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 72,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 71,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 70,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 69,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 68,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 67,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 66,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 65,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 64,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 55,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 53,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 40,000 t | -24.5% |
| 1994 | 35,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 40,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 39,000 t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 38,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 39,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 40,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 38,000 t | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 40,500 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 42,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 48,000 t | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 55,000 t | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 58,326 t | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 59,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 60,100 t | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 77,000 t | +28.1% |
| 2011 | 80,000 t | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 80,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 84,884 t | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 115,791 t | +36.4% |
| 2015 | 149,206 t | +28.9% |
| 2016 | 204,824 t | +37.3% |
| 2017 | 237,996 t | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 252,520 t | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 270,512 t | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 288,289 t | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 302,716 t | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 332,486 t | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 333,889 t | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,100 t | 52,700 t | 74,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,333 t | 61,200 t | 83,351 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,500 t | 65,000 t | 74,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,300 t | 35,000 t | 64,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,093 t | 38,000 t | 60,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 155,273 t | 77,000 t | 270,512 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 314,345 t | 288,289 t | 333,889 t | 4 |
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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)
- 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 — production in Nicaragua?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — production in Nicaragua was 333,889 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 333,889 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,000 t in 1994.
- How does Nicaragua rank for plantains and cooking bananas — production?
- Nicaragua ranks 16th out of 51 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — production rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 293.3%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Production. 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.