Sorghum — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sorghum — Area harvested was 17,730 ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Nicaragua is 17,730 ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 48.2% on the previous year and down 67.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 82,165 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 17,730 ha, in 2023.
That places Nicaragua 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 41,100 ha | -26.3% |
| 1964 | 47,900 ha | +16.5% |
| 1965 | 49,900 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 50,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 52,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 55,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 56,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 56,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 55,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 37,800 ha | -32.0% |
| 1973 | 41,860 ha | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 55,510 ha | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 59,780 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 56,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 43,400 ha | -22.5% |
| 1978 | 51,100 ha | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 49,587 ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 48,494 ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 55,541 ha | +14.5% |
| 1982 | 39,317 ha | -29.2% |
| 1983 | 46,830 ha | +19.1% |
| 1984 | 50,750 ha | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 74,930 ha | +47.6% |
| 1986 | 82,165 ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 76,580 ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 65,380 ha | -14.6% |
| 1989 | 50,050 ha | -23.4% |
| 1990 | 45,570 ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 47,880 ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 50,540 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 53,967 ha | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 48,783 ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 28,224 ha | -42.1% |
| 1996 | 53,688 ha | +90.2% |
| 1997 | 53,507 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 41,082 ha | -23.2% |
| 1999 | 41,738 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 46,263 ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 44,785 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 60,096 ha | +34.2% |
| 2003 | 52,206 ha | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 47,420 ha | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 49,854 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 39,318 ha | -21.1% |
| 2007 | 52,559 ha | +33.7% |
| 2008 | 43,069 ha | -18.1% |
| 2009 | 31,969 ha | -25.8% |
| 2010 | 35,344 ha | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 48,047 ha | +35.9% |
| 2012 | 49,641 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 54,583 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 59,029 ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 61,115 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 63,563 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 44,936 ha | -29.3% |
| 2018 | 37,680 ha | -16.1% |
| 2019 | 34,068 ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 33,942 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 32,841 ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 34,254 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 17,730 ha | -48.2% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 17,730 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 62% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 17,730 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +90.2% | 28,224 ha | 53,688 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,467 ha | 41,100 ha | 56,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,714 ha | 37,800 ha | 59,780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,004 ha | 39,317 ha | 82,165 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,498 ha | 28,224 ha | 53,967 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,754 ha | 31,969 ha | 60,096 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,801 ha | 34,068 ha | 63,563 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,692 ha | 17,730 ha | 34,254 ha | 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 — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Nicaragua was 17,730 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 82,165 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,730 ha in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 61st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. 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 — 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.