Taro — Production in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Taro — Production was 12,942 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taro — Production in Nicaragua, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, taro — production in Nicaragua stood at 12,942 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 54.3% on the previous year and down 84.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Nicaragua peaked at 104,326 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 12,485 t, in 2019.
Nicaragua ranks 32nd of 59 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51,190 t | 48,717 t | 53,663 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,604 t | 54,212 t | 58,608 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,143 t | 12,485 t | 104,326 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,454 t | 12,942 t | 30,638 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
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 taro — production in Nicaragua?
- Taro — production in Nicaragua was 12,942 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 104,326 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,485 t in 2019.
- How does Nicaragua rank for taro — production?
- Nicaragua ranks 32nd out of 59 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.2%. 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 — Production. 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.