Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Ginger, raw — Area harvested
Ginger, raw — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 334 ha against 259 ha in Jamaica, a difference of 75 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Jamaica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Jamaica ranks 24th of 40 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 248.75 ha | 288.75 ha | 40 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 758.3 ha | 207 ha | 551.3 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 225.4 ha | 123.8 ha | 101.6 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 235.6 ha | 242.2 ha | 6.6 ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 411.8 ha | 287 ha | 124.8 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ginger, raw — area harvested, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Costa Rica, at 334 ha against 259 ha in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in ginger, raw — area harvested between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 75 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Jamaica ranks 24th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Ginger, raw — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.