Costa Rica vs Samoa: Cocoa bean yields
Costa Rica
0.1285 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Samoa
0.1834 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
50th
Samoa rank
47th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Costa Rica
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.1834 tonnes per hectare against 0.1285 tonnes per hectare in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0549 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 50th and Samoa ranks 47th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3023 tonnes per hectare | 0.4385 tonnes per hectare | 0.1362 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.3024 tonnes per hectare | 0.3353 tonnes per hectare | 0.0329 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.2911 tonnes per hectare | 0.2563 tonnes per hectare | 0.0348 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.2416 tonnes per hectare | 0.2185 tonnes per hectare | 0.0231 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.163 tonnes per hectare | 0.2155 tonnes per hectare | 0.0525 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.143 tonnes per hectare | 0.188 tonnes per hectare | 0.045 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.1289 tonnes per hectare | 0.1846 tonnes per hectare | 0.0557 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Costa Rica or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.1834 tonnes per hectare against 0.1285 tonnes per hectare in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Costa Rica and Samoa?
- 0.0549 tonnes per hectare, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Samoa rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Costa Rica ranks 50th and Samoa ranks 47th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.