Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 2,000 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 2,000 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2023.
The figure is down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 212,380 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 2001.
That places Nicaragua 59th out of 94 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,415 ha | — |
| 1962 | 72,975 ha | +31.7% |
| 1963 | 91,250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 112,060 ha | +22.8% |
| 1965 | 130,090 ha | +16.1% |
| 1966 | 142,656 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 151,474 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 147,080 ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 132,063 ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 109,063 ha | -17.4% |
| 1971 | 95,864 ha | -12.1% |
| 1972 | 109,786 ha | +14.5% |
| 1973 | 148,356 ha | +35.1% |
| 1974 | 181,580 ha | +22.4% |
| 1975 | 178,080 ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 143,220 ha | -19.6% |
| 1977 | 198,100 ha | +38.3% |
| 1978 | 212,380 ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 173,740 ha | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 44,823 ha | -74.2% |
| 1981 | 94,256 ha | +110.3% |
| 1982 | 92,906 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 90,405 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 117,292 ha | +29.7% |
| 1985 | 115,010 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 86,660 ha | -24.7% |
| 1987 | 59,360 ha | -31.5% |
| 1988 | 59,430 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 40,320 ha | -32.2% |
| 1990 | 34,720 ha | -13.9% |
| 1991 | 44,170 ha | +27.2% |
| 1992 | 35,840 ha | -18.9% |
| 1993 | 2,510 ha | -93.0% |
| 1994 | 1,463 ha | -41.7% |
| 1995 | 8,480 ha | +479.6% |
| 1996 | 3,609 ha | -57.4% |
| 1997 | 2,092 ha | -42.0% |
| 1998 | 2,310 ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 2,200 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 1,550 ha | -29.5% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | -22.6% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,850 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 1,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 2,350 ha | +23.7% |
| 2012 | 2,200 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115,007 ha | 55,415 ha | 151,474 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 155,017 ha | 95,864 ha | 212,380 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,046 ha | 40,320 ha | 117,292 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,739 ha | 1,463 ha | 44,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,610 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,085 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nicaragua was 2,000 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 212,380 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 2001.
- How does Nicaragua rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 59th out of 94 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. 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.