Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 157,204 ha against 74,742 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 82,462 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 2.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 16th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 41 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,062 ha | 35,222 ha | 32,160 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 7,550 ha | 22,656 ha | 15,106 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 14,728 ha | 37,043 ha | 22,315 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 27,090 ha | 79,577 ha | 52,487 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 46,640 ha | 133,306 ha | 86,666 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 70,513 ha | 232,492 ha | 161,978 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 74,031 ha | 155,452 ha | 81,422 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Costa Rica or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 157,204 ha against 74,742 ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 82,462 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 16th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.