Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 56.95 million Kcal in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply in Nicaragua is 56.95 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 200.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Nicaragua peaked at 63.63 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 million Kcal, in 2015.
Nicaragua ranks 129th of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18.22 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 18.46 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 18.71 million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 18.96 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 19.46 million Kcal | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0 million Kcal | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0 million Kcal | — |
| 2017 | 0 million Kcal | — |
| 2018 | 0 million Kcal | — |
| 2019 | 56.65 million Kcal | — |
| 2020 | 0 million Kcal | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0 million Kcal | — |
| 2022 | 63.63 million Kcal | — |
| 2023 | 56.95 million Kcal | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.05 million Kcal | 0 million Kcal | 56.65 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.15 million Kcal | 0 million Kcal | 63.63 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 126 Seychelles 78.89 million Kcal compare
- 127 Montenegro 74.09 million Kcal compare
- 128 Albania 60.29 million Kcal compare
- 130 Kazakhstan 55.65 million Kcal compare
- 131 Bhutan 33.76 million Kcal compare
- 132 Iraq 33.69 million Kcal compare
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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Nicaragua?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Nicaragua was 56.95 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 63.63 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Nicaragua ranks 129th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 200.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.