Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 308.8 Square kilometres in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua, 2005–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua is 308.8 Square kilometres, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua peaked at 710 Square kilometres in 2007 and was at its lowest, 308.8 Square kilometres, in 2023.
That places Nicaragua 65th out of 152 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 511 Square kilometres | — |
| 2006 | 600 Square kilometres | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 710 Square kilometres | +18.3% |
| 2008 | 710 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 336 Square kilometres | -52.7% |
| 2010 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 336 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 347.9 Square kilometres | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 429.5 Square kilometres | +23.5% |
| 2020 | 390.8 Square kilometres | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 373.6 Square kilometres | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 308.8 Square kilometres | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 308.8 Square kilometres | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 573.4 Square kilometres | 336 Square kilometres | 710 Square kilometres | 5 |
| 2010s | 346.54 Square kilometres | 336 Square kilometres | 429.5 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 345.5 Square kilometres | 308.8 Square kilometres | 390.8 Square kilometres | 4 |
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More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -0.5338 % change on previous year (2023)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0075 t per person (2023)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -15.76 % change on previous year (2023)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Nicaragua was 308.8 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 710 Square kilometres in 2007.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 308.8 Square kilometres in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Nicaragua ranks 65th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata