Rice — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Rice — Yield was 6,023 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, rice — yield in Nicaragua stood at 6,023 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 6,696 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,630 kg/ha, in 1962.
Nicaragua ranks 26th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,631 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,630 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,167 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1964 | 2,151 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 2,149 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 2,403 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 2,667 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 2,738 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 2,686 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 3,197 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1971 | 3,127 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 2,839 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 3,134 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 2,707 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 3,013 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 2,684 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1977 | 3,110 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1978 | 3,037 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 3,188 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 3,434 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 3,941 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 4,137 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 3,891 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 3,364 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1985 | 3,528 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 3,053 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 3,288 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 2,900 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 2,637 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 2,633 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 3,253 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1992 | 2,926 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 3,545 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1994 | 3,253 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 3,708 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 3,420 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 3,439 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,473 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 3,657 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 3,120 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 2,928 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 3,185 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 3,510 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 3,311 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 3,639 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 3,948 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 4,006 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 4,536 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 5,141 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 4,118 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2012 | 3,775 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 4,968 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2014 | 5,576 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 6,696 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2016 | 6,246 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 6,224 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 6,280 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 6,336 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 6,446 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 6,348 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,374 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 6,023 kg/ha | -5.5% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 6,023 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 6,023 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,247 kg/ha | 1,630 kg/ha | 2,738 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,004 kg/ha | 2,684 kg/ha | 3,197 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,417 kg/ha | 2,637 kg/ha | 4,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,331 kg/ha | 2,633 kg/ha | 3,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,538 kg/ha | 2,928 kg/ha | 4,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,536 kg/ha | 3,775 kg/ha | 6,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,298 kg/ha | 6,023 kg/ha | 6,446 kg/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 — yield in Nicaragua?
- Rice — yield in Nicaragua was 6,023 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 6,696 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,630 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Nicaragua rank for rice — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 26th out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.