Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 73,028 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Nicaragua is 73,028 ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 77,056 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Nicaragua 29th out of 103 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,794 ha | 24,000 ha | 30,015 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,354 ha | 32,161 ha | 42,610 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,243 ha | 32,480 ha | 45,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,704 ha | 37,724 ha | 55,655 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,130 ha | 40,608 ha | 54,630 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,112 ha | 54,428 ha | 77,056 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,736 ha | 71,941 ha | 76,357 ha | 4 |
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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 sugar cane — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Nicaragua was 73,028 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 77,056 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 29th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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 Sugar cane — Area harvested. 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.