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	Nicaragua > General information
FAO Representative: Mr. Gero VAAGT \| e-mail: FAO-NI@fao.org \| web site: www.fao.org.ni

Country codes

ISO3:	NIC	ISO2:	NI
UN:	558	GAUL:	180
UNDP:	NIC	FAOSTAT:	157

Key statistics

Country area: 13037 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 12034 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Agricultural area: 5146 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 5788 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 6140 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.565
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 9.2
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

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Thematic profiles and systems:

FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)