Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 73,028 ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — 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 crops primary — area harvested in Nicaragua is 73,028 ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 77,056 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Nicaragua 42nd out of 155 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,500 ha | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 24,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25,256 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 25,406 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 26,972 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 30,015 ha | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 33,376 ha | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 32,406 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 32,161 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 32,925 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 35,430 ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 35,080 ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 42,610 ha | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 39,660 ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 40,170 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 39,727 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 37,164 ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 39,462 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 44,030 ha | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 45,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 43,400 ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 42,798 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 42,792 ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 40,950 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 33,950 ha | -17.1% |
| 1989 | 32,480 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 39,200 ha | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 41,300 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 41,860 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 37,724 ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 41,626 ha | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 44,624 ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 49,784 ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 52,015 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 53,256 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 55,655 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 51,018 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 40,608 ha | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 41,096 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 43,774 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 45,294 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 46,353 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 50,628 ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 53,772 ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 54,128 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 54,630 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 54,428 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 59,266 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 66,865 ha | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 67,846 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 71,297 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 71,795 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 72,217 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 73,903 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 76,444 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 77,056 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 76,357 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 71,941 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 73,616 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 73,028 ha | -0.8% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 73,028 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,189 ha, 3.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 73,028 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 2.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
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, 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 77,056 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 42nd out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — 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.