Agricultural land in Nicaragua

Agricultural land made up 42.3% of the land area of Nicaragua in 2023.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Nicaragua, 2023 42.3% % of land area
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 42.3%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate

Agricultural land in Nicaragua over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2023
Period NicaraguaWorld
2023 42.3% 36.9%
2022 42.3% 37.0%
2021 42.3% 37.0%
2020 42.3% 36.9%
2019 42.2% 36.9%
2018 42.2% 36.9%
2017 42.2% 37.0%
2016 42.2% 36.8%
2015 42.2% 36.8%
2014 42.2% 37.0%
2013 42.2% 37.0%
2012 42.2% 37.0%
2011 42.1% 36.7%
2010 42.2% 36.5%
2009 42.5% 36.5%
2008 42.8% 36.5%
2007 43.1% 36.6%
2006 43.3% 36.6%
2005 43.6% 36.6%
2004 43.4% 36.6%
2003 43.4% 37.0%
2002 43.2% 37.1%
2001 43.0% 37.2%
2000 42.7% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 42.2%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 36.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2023 for Nicaragua
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)