Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 3,626 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 3,626 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 89.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 3,626 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,380 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Nicaragua 9th out of 94 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,225 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 2,736 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,192 kg/ha | 1,827 kg/ha | 2,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,025 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 2,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,858 kg/ha | 1,591 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,904 kg/ha | 1,710 kg/ha | 1,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,210 kg/ha | 1,584 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,519 kg/ha | 3,431 kg/ha | 3,626 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 6 Bangladesh 4,279 kg/ha compare
- 7 Israel 4,179 kg/ha compare
- 8 Mexico 4,049 kg/ha compare
- 10 Kyrgyzstan 3,592 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 3,051 kg/ha compare
- 12 Greece 3,042 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 90,616 t (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Nicaragua?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Nicaragua was 3,626 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 3,626 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,380 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Nicaragua rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 9th out of 94 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.9%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.