Yams — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Yams — Yield was 13,388 kg/ha in 2023. ▬ Flat
Yams — Yield in Nicaragua, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, yams — yield in Nicaragua stood at 13,388 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 13,388 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,157 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Nicaragua 15th out of 61 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Yams — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13,157 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 13,165 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 13,173 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 13,181 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 13,189 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 13,197 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 13,205 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 13,213 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 13,221 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 13,229 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 13,237 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 13,245 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 13,253 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 13,261 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 13,268 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 13,275 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13,281 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,288 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,311 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 13,323 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,336 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,346 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 13,353 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 13,359 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13,364 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13,369 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13,382 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13,383 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13,388 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 13,388 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 13,388 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,193 kg/ha | 13,157 kg/ha | 13,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,271 kg/ha | 13,237 kg/ha | 13,311 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,345 kg/ha | 13,323 kg/ha | 13,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,382 kg/ha | 13,375 kg/ha | 13,388 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 12 Saint Lucia 15,317 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominica 14,953 kg/ha compare
- 14 Grenada 14,127 kg/ha compare
- 16 Tonga 13,282 kg/ha compare
- 17 Costa Rica 13,094 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 5,113 kg/ha compare
- 18 Burundi 12,938 kg/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 yams — yield in Nicaragua?
- Yams — yield in Nicaragua was 13,388 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 13,388 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,157 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Nicaragua rank for yams — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 15th out of 61 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Yield. 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.