Rice — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Rice — Area harvested was 82,840 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2023, rice — area harvested in Nicaragua stood at 82,840 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 110,892 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 21,102 ha, in 1976.
Nicaragua ranks 53rd of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 21,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 22,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 24,900 ha | +10.7% |
| 1966 | 26,300 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 25,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 31,700 ha | +24.3% |
| 1969 | 25,125 ha | -20.7% |
| 1970 | 25,253 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 26,155 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 26,159 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 25,041 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 29,543 ha | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 29,540 ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 21,102 ha | -28.6% |
| 1977 | 24,500 ha | +16.1% |
| 1978 | 28,070 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 35,948 ha | +28.1% |
| 1980 | 32,614 ha | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 41,568 ha | +27.5% |
| 1982 | 42,610 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 43,951 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 41,020 ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 40,810 ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 36,610 ha | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 38,920 ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 38,430 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 39,550 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 45,920 ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 40,320 ha | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 52,640 ha | +30.6% |
| 1993 | 56,756 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 58,121 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 62,683 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 67,355 ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 74,613 ha | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 83,573 ha | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 56,226 ha | -32.7% |
| 2000 | 92,818 ha | +65.1% |
| 2001 | 84,082 ha | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 92,128 ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 92,972 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 73,644 ha | -20.8% |
| 2005 | 95,667 ha | +29.9% |
| 2006 | 87,812 ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 68,352 ha | -22.2% |
| 2008 | 71,169 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 73,755 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 88,314 ha | +19.7% |
| 2011 | 100,377 ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 110,892 ha | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 74,866 ha | -32.5% |
| 2014 | 66,180 ha | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 54,521 ha | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 66,940 ha | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 67,899 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 69,758 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 73,909 ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 73,994 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 77,513 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 79,137 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 82,840 ha | +4.7% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 82,840 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 82,840 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,869 ha | 21,500 ha | 31,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,131 ha | 21,102 ha | 35,948 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,608 ha | 32,614 ha | 43,951 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,821 ha | 40,320 ha | 83,573 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,240 ha | 68,352 ha | 95,667 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,366 ha | 54,521 ha | 110,892 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,371 ha | 73,994 ha | 82,840 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 rice — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Rice — area harvested in Nicaragua was 82,840 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 110,892 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,102 ha in 1976.
- How does Nicaragua rank for rice — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 53rd out of 133 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Rice — 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.