Sorghum — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sorghum — Yield was 1,500 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, sorghum — yield in Nicaragua stood at 1,500 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 19.4% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 2,247 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 879.7 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Nicaragua 56th out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 916.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 879.7 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 1,002 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1964 | 983.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 929.9 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 968.3 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 990.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 1,013 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,036 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 1,076 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 931.7 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1972 | 1,061 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1973 | 1,056 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 934.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 1,051 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 985.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 985.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,249 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1979 | 1,265 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,818 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1981 | 1,597 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1982 | 2,134 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1983 | 2,185 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 2,134 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 2,054 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 2,110 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 1,446 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1988 | 1,694 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 1,545 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 1,621 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 1,473 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 1,824 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 1,893 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1,860 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 2,063 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1996 | 2,247 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 1,625 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1998 | 1,251 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1999 | 1,806 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 2000 | 1,766 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,985 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 1,960 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 2,220 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 2,037 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,832 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 1,861 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 2,048 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 1,733 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 1,806 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,663 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 1,910 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 1,987 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1,826 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 1,848 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,496 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2016 | 1,641 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 1,736 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 1,596 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 1,677 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1,681 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,717 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,860 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 1,500 kg/ha | -19.4% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 1,500 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 1,500 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 968.84 kg/ha | 879.7 kg/ha | 1,036 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,060 kg/ha | 931.7 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,872 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,766 kg/ha | 1,251 kg/ha | 2,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,925 kg/ha | 1,733 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,738 kg/ha | 1,496 kg/ha | 1,987 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,689 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/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 — yield in Nicaragua?
- Sorghum — yield in Nicaragua was 1,500 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 2,247 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 879.7 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sorghum — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 56th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. 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 Sorghum — Yield. 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.