Potato yields in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Potato yields was 18.01 tonnes per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potato yields in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 18.01 tonnes per hectare for potato yields in 2023.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potato yields in Nicaragua peaked at 21.07 tonnes per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.5 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
Nicaragua ranks 89th of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.88 tonnes per hectare | 3.5 tonnes per hectare | 4.33 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.28 tonnes per hectare | 4 tonnes per hectare | 5 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.79 tonnes per hectare | 4.96 tonnes per hectare | 15.38 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.19 tonnes per hectare | 13.33 tonnes per hectare | 15 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.34 tonnes per hectare | 12.5 tonnes per hectare | 13.83 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.32 tonnes per hectare | 13.46 tonnes per hectare | 19.61 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.8 tonnes per hectare | 18.01 tonnes per hectare | 21.07 tonnes per hectare | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 350,425 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potato yields in Nicaragua?
- Potato yields in Nicaragua was 18.01 tonnes per hectare in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest potato yields recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 21.07 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
- What is the lowest potato yields recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for potato yields?
- Nicaragua ranks 89th out of 158 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potato yields rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Potato yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.