Costa Rica vs Peru: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 100,000 ha against 74,742 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 25,258 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 16th and Peru ranks 15th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,062 ha | 0 ha | 3,062 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 7,550 ha | 883.5 ha | 6,666 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 14,728 ha | 5,059 ha | 9,669 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 27,090 ha | 5,985 ha | 21,105 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 46,640 ha | 11,519 ha | 35,120 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 70,513 ha | 46,940 ha | 23,573 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 74,031 ha | 90,640 ha | 16,610 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Costa Rica or Peru?
- Peru, at 100,000 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 Peru?
- 25,258 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 16th and Peru ranks 15th 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.