Sorghum and products — Food supply in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 3.57 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 3.57 kcal/cap/d for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 58.9% on the previous year and down 77.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Nicaragua peaked at 16.3 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.57 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Nicaragua 39th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.66 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 13.26 kcal/cap/d | +37.3% |
| 2012 | 15.4 kcal/cap/d | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 15.73 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 16.3 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 14.41 kcal/cap/d | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 15.56 kcal/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 12.1 kcal/cap/d | -22.2% |
| 2018 | 8.96 kcal/cap/d | -26.0% |
| 2019 | 8.19 kcal/cap/d | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 8.54 kcal/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 7.96 kcal/cap/d | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 8.68 kcal/cap/d | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 3.57 kcal/cap/d | -58.9% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 3.57 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.18 kcal/cap/d, 58% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 3.57 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.44 kcal/cap/d, 80% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.96 kcal/cap/d | 8.19 kcal/cap/d | 16.3 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.19 kcal/cap/d | 3.57 kcal/cap/d | 8.68 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 sorghum and products — food supply in Nicaragua?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Nicaragua was 3.57 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.57 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Nicaragua ranks 39th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.