Caribbean vs Costa Rica: Lemons and limes — Yield
Lemons and limes — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 21,296 kg/ha against 2,403 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 18,893 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 8.9 times Caribbean's.
Across all 37 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 25th and Costa Rica ranks 24th of 25 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,967 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 5,890 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 5,162 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 7,338 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 5,851 kg/ha | 18,176 kg/ha | 12,325 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 4,231 kg/ha | 20,277 kg/ha | 16,046 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2,573 kg/ha | 21,320 kg/ha | 18,747 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — yield, Caribbean or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 21,296 kg/ha against 2,403 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — yield between Caribbean and Costa Rica?
- 18,893 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Costa Rica?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Costa Rica rank globally for lemons and limes — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 25th and Costa Rica ranks 24th of 25 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lemons and limes — Yield. 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.