Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 28,539 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 28,539 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 58,451 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,836 ha, in 1980.
Nicaragua ranks 92nd of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 4,200 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 4,900 ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 5,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 5,905 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 6,261 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 6,639 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 4,500 ha | -32.2% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | -22.2% |
| 1980 | 1,836 ha | -47.5% |
| 1981 | 4,030 ha | +119.5% |
| 1982 | 6,272 ha | +55.6% |
| 1983 | 7,564 ha | +20.6% |
| 1984 | 6,908 ha | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 7,180 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 6,861 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 6,650 ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 6,580 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 6,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 16,659 ha | +156.3% |
| 1991 | 16,640 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 16,672 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 16,606 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 17,041 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 17,128 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 17,196 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 17,395 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 17,466 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 18,188 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 18,131 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 19,925 ha | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 23,821 ha | +19.6% |
| 2003 | 23,897 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 24,937 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 27,432 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 26,230 ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 27,980 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 32,010 ha | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 28,661 ha | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 22,928 ha | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 20,402 ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 58,451 ha | +186.5% |
| 2013 | 53,369 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 37,928 ha | -28.9% |
| 2015 | 35,347 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 35,254 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 38,231 ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 32,468 ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 33,004 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 35,521 ha | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 39,474 ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 29,993 ha | -24.0% |
| 2023 | 28,539 ha | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,844 ha | 3,400 ha | 4,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,240 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,639 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,038 ha | 1,836 ha | 7,564 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,099 ha | 16,606 ha | 18,188 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,302 ha | 18,131 ha | 32,010 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,738 ha | 20,402 ha | 58,451 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,382 ha | 28,539 ha | 39,474 ha | 4 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Nicaragua was 28,539 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 58,451 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,836 ha in 1980.
- How does Nicaragua rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 92nd out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.