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FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Nicaragua.

Nicaragua income group: Lower Middle Income
Comparison
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Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
4.07 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
27%
Availability of fruits
131.4 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
97.5 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
39%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
11.6 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
77%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
54%
NCD-Protect
4.1
NCD-Risk
2.8
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
12%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
51%
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
18%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
No Data
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
No Data
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
45%
Cereals yield
0.2 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
1.2 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
3.4 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
16,189 100 g/animal
Beef yield
189.8 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
2
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
36,525.7 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.4 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
1.7 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
57 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
0% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
93% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
1%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
7.6 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

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Share of agriculture in GDP
17% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
2% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
24% working age population
Social protection coverage
68% population
Social protection adequacy
17% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
No Data
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.1
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
0%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
-1
Food safety capacity
80
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
-1.1
Open budget index score
42
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.7
Mobile cellular subscriptions
97.1 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.2
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
13% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
1,126
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
0
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.2
Food price volatility
0.5
Food supply variability per capita
15 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable