Costa Rica vs Mexico: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 102,610 ha against 74,742 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 27,868 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 16th and Mexico ranks 14th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Mexico in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,062 ha | 20,095 ha | 17,033 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 7,550 ha | 9,795 ha | 2,245 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 14,728 ha | 1,562 ha | 13,166 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 27,090 ha | 2,825 ha | 24,265 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 46,640 ha | 18,476 ha | 28,163 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 70,513 ha | 53,310 ha | 17,203 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 74,031 ha | 106,510 ha | 32,480 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Costa Rica or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 102,610 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 Mexico?
- 27,868 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Mexico rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 16th and Mexico ranks 14th 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.