Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 14,036 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Nicaragua is 14,036 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 14,036 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,882 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nicaragua ranks 110th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,882 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,980 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 3,944 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 4,139 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 4,132 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 4,128 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 4,048 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 4,186 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 4,159 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 4,156 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 4,000 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 4,059 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 3,964 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 4,089 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 4,057 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 4,058 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,059 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,800 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1979 | 7,457 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 9,607 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1981 | 10,256 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 11,056 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 11,754 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 11,432 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 11,546 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 11,764 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 11,835 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 11,839 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11,862 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 10,748 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 10,790 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 10,811 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 11,077 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 10,893 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 10,879 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 10,911 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 10,906 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,851 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 10,535 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 10,458 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 11,042 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 10,553 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 10,482 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 9,345 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 9,731 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 9,900 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 9,778 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 8,994 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 9,297 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 9,423 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 9,062 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 8,266 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 8,763 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 9,019 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 12,987 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2016 | 9,156 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 2017 | 8,944 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 10,120 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 10,182 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 10,997 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 10,947 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 13,693 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2023 | 14,036 kg/ha | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,066 kg/ha | 3,882 kg/ha | 4,186 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,570 kg/ha | 3,964 kg/ha | 7,457 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,295 kg/ha | 9,607 kg/ha | 11,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,840 kg/ha | 10,535 kg/ha | 11,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,958 kg/ha | 8,994 kg/ha | 11,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,592 kg/ha | 8,266 kg/ha | 12,987 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,418 kg/ha | 10,947 kg/ha | 14,036 kg/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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Nicaragua?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Nicaragua was 14,036 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 14,036 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,882 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 110th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.