Taro — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Taro — Area harvested was 1,340 ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 1,340 ha for taro — area harvested in 2023.
The figure is down 55.8% on the previous year and down 84.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 8,393 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,293 ha, in 2019.
Nicaragua ranks 29th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,217 ha | — |
| 1991 | 4,267 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 4,317 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 4,367 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 4,417 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 4,468 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 4,518 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 4,568 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 4,618 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 4,669 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 4,719 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4,769 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 4,820 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 4,871 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 4,914 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 4,949 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 4,984 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 5,019 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 5,054 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 5,018 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,717 ha | -45.9% |
| 2011 | 1,993 ha | -26.6% |
| 2012 | 7,765 ha | +289.6% |
| 2013 | 8,393 ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 6,451 ha | -23.1% |
| 2015 | 5,439 ha | -15.7% |
| 2016 | 4,916 ha | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 4,395 ha | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 1,338 ha | -69.6% |
| 2019 | 1,293 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 3,172 ha | +145.3% |
| 2021 | 3,205 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 3,032 ha | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 1,340 ha | -55.8% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 1,340 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 78% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 1,340 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 195 ha, 6.9× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +289.6% | 1,993 ha | 7,765 ha |
| 2020 | +145.3% | 1,293 ha | 3,172 ha |
| 2018 | -69.6% | 4,395 ha | 1,338 ha |
| 2023 | -55.8% | 3,032 ha | 1,340 ha |
| 2010 | -45.9% | 5,018 ha | 2,717 ha |
| 2011 | -26.6% | 2,717 ha | 1,993 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,443 ha | 4,217 ha | 4,669 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,912 ha | 4,719 ha | 5,054 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,470 ha | 1,293 ha | 8,393 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,687 ha | 1,340 ha | 3,205 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 26 Comoros 1,710 ha compare
- 27 Sao Tome and Principe 1,637 ha compare
- 28 French Guiana 1,607 ha compare
- 30 Sierra Leone 1,144 ha compare
- 31 Honduras 705 ha compare
- 32 Tonga 456 ha 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 taro — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Taro — area harvested in Nicaragua was 1,340 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 8,393 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,293 ha in 2019.
- How does Nicaragua rank for taro — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 29th out of 52 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.0%. 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 Taro — 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.