> Nicaragua had 269,058 horses in 2023. Over ten years it grew by 0.0%. The record was 280,000 head in 1979.

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# Horses in Nicaragua

Nicaragua had 269,058 horses in 2023. Over ten years it grew by 0.0%. The record was 280,000 head in 1979.
The 2023 figure is imputed by FAO.

Animals, 2023269,058 head
World rank—
10-year change+0.0%
Record280,000 head1979

## Horses in Nicaragua, 1961–2023 (head)

## By year

| Year | Head | Change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 269,058 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 269,035 | −0.0% |
| 2021 | 269,077 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 268,651 | −0.0% |
| 2019 | 268,749 | −0.0% |
| 2018 | 268,867 | −0.0% |
| 2017 | 268,971 | −0.0% |
| 2016 | 269,051 | −0.0% |
| 2015 | 269,113 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 269,100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 269,000 | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 269,000 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 268,100 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 268,000 | 0.0% |
| 2009 | 268,000 | 0.0% |
| 2008 | 268,000 | 0.0% |
| 2007 | 268,000 | 0.0% |
| 2006 | 268,000 | 0.0% |
| 2005 | 268,000 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 265,000 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 260,000 | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 250,000 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 248,000 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 246,000 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 245,000 | 0.0% |
| 1998 | 245,000 | 0.0% |
| 1997 | 245,000 | 0.0% |
| 1996 | 245,000 | −0.4% |
| 1995 | 246,000 | −0.4% |
| 1994 | 247,000 | −0.4% |
| 1993 | 248,000 | −0.8% |
| 1992 | 250,000 | 0.0% |
| 1991 | 250,000 | 0.0% |
| 1990 | 250,000 | 0.0% |
| 1989 | 250,000 | 0.0% |
| 1988 | 250,000 | −2.0% |
| 1987 | 255,000 | −1.9% |
| 1986 | 260,000 | −1.1% |
| 1985 | 263,000 | −0.8% |
| 1984 | 265,000 | −1.1% |
| 1983 | 268,000 | −0.7% |
| 1982 | 270,000 | 0.0% |
| 1981 | 270,000 | −1.8% |
| 1980 | 275,000 | −1.8% |
| 1979 | 280,000 | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 275,000 | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 270,000 | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 260,000 | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 250,000 | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 240,000 | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 230,000 | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 225,000 | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 220,000 | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 210,000 | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 205,000 | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 200,000 | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 190,000 | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 175,000 | −0.6% |
| 1965 | 176,000 | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 175,000 | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 174,768 | +3.4% |
| 1962 | 169,000 | +3.0% |
| 1961 | 164,000 | — |

## Other large producers

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## Other products of Nicaragua

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Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. [fao.org/faostat](https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL). Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.

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