Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 357 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Nicaragua is 357 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Nicaragua peaked at 383 mg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 157 mg/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Nicaragua 104th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 161 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 157 mg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 227 mg/cap/d | +44.6% |
| 2013 | 230 mg/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 239 mg/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 281 mg/cap/d | +17.6% |
| 2016 | 312 mg/cap/d | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 309 mg/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 341 mg/cap/d | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 346 mg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 383 mg/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 373 mg/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 376 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 357 mg/cap/d | -5.1% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 357 mg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 547 mg/cap/d, 65% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 357 mg/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 390 mg/cap/d, 92% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +44.6% | 157 mg/cap/d | 227 mg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 260.3 mg/cap/d | 157 mg/cap/d | 346 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 372.25 mg/cap/d | 357 mg/cap/d | 383 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 102 Guatemala 376 mg/cap/d compare
- 103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 361 mg/cap/d compare
- 105 Senegal 353 mg/cap/d compare
- 106 Saint Lucia 350 mg/cap/d compare
- 107 South Africa 347 mg/cap/d compare
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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Nicaragua?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Nicaragua was 357 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 383 mg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 157 mg/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Nicaragua rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value?
- Nicaragua ranks 104th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.2%. 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, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.