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 110th of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 387 ha | +29.0% |
| 1976 | 399 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 411 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +42.9% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +160.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 1,453 ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 1,580 ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 1,461 ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 1,450 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 1,480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 2,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 2,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,623 ha | -37.6% |
| 2012 | 1,305 ha | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 1,760 ha | +34.9% |
| 2014 | 1,972 ha | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 1,864 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 2,357 ha | +26.4% |
| 2017 | 3,404 ha | +44.4% |
| 2018 | 3,438 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3,410 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,443 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,688 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 2,804 ha | -24.0% |
| 2023 | 3,433 ha | +22.4% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 3,433 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 14% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 3,433 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +160.0% | 500 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 2017 | +44.4% | 2,357 ha | 3,404 ha |
| 1981 | +42.9% | 350 ha | 500 ha |
| 2011 | -37.6% | 2,600 ha | 1,623 ha |
| 2013 | +34.9% | 1,305 ha | 1,760 ha |
| 1975 | +29.0% | 300 ha | 387 ha |
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 |
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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 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 110th out of 153 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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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.