Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.314 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua stood at 0.314.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2848, in 2022.
Nicaragua ranks 98th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.8266 | -17.3% |
| 1963 | 0.7534 | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 0.616 | -18.2% |
| 1965 | 0.5658 | -8.1% |
| 1966 | 0.6129 | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 0.5482 | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 0.5651 | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.5763 | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.6241 | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 0.5776 | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5655 | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.5328 | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4331 | -18.7% |
| 1975 | 0.447 | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 0.4533 | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4316 | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 0.3875 | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 0.4283 | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6469 | +51.0% |
| 1981 | 0.5127 | -20.8% |
| 1982 | 0.5157 | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.5251 | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.5151 | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.6047 | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 0.6327 | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 0.6926 | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7483 | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7743 | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7186 | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 0.654 | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 0.6771 | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7581 | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7275 | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7765 | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7513 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7822 | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7482 | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7262 | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.7136 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.75 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7277 | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.6101 | -16.2% |
| 2004 | 0.6991 | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5973 | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6167 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5629 | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5558 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4786 | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4782 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4049 | -15.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3698 | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3812 | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.391 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3862 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3506 | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3288 | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3203 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3168 | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.304 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2945 | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2848 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.314 | +10.3% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 0.314 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 0.314 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 61% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +51.0% | 0.4283 | 0.6469 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6738 | 0.5482 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4881 | 0.3875 | 0.6241 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6168 | 0.5127 | 0.7743 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.732 | 0.654 | 0.7822 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6312 | 0.4786 | 0.75 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3728 | 0.3168 | 0.4782 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2993 | 0.2848 | 0.314 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 95 Australia 0.3331 compare
- 96 Senegal 0.3294 compare
- 97 Togo 0.328 compare
- 99 Dominican Republic 0.3111 compare
- 100 United States 0.3106 compare
- 101 Cote d'Ivoire 0.308 compare
More reference data data for Nicaragua
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0819 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.53 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4457 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Nicaragua was 0.314 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2848 in 2022.
- How does Nicaragua rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Nicaragua ranks 98th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).