Potatoes — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Potatoes — Area harvested was 3,433 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2023, potatoes — area harvested in Nicaragua stood at 3,433 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.4% on the previous year and up 95.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 3,688 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1964.
Nicaragua ranks 120th of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 333.33 ha | 300 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 349.7 ha | 300 ha | 411 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,257 ha | 350 ha | 1,580 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,870 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,275 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,373 ha | 1,305 ha | 3,438 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,342 ha | 2,804 ha | 3,688 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- 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)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 90,616 t (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Nicaragua was 3,433 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 3,688 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1964.
- How does Nicaragua rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 120th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.1%. 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 Potatoes — 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.