Taro — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Taro — Yield was 9,659 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Nicaragua, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Nicaragua is 9,659 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 19,180 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9,013 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Nicaragua 23rd out of 59 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 11,523 kg/ha | 11,494 kg/ha | 11,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,524 kg/ha | 11,469 kg/ha | 11,628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,462 kg/ha | 9,013 kg/ha | 19,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,498 kg/ha | 9,337 kg/ha | 9,659 kg/ha | 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 — yield in Nicaragua?
- Taro — yield in Nicaragua was 9,659 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 19,180 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,013 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Nicaragua rank for taro — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 23rd out of 59 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.