China vs Costa Rica: Oil palm fruit — Production
Oil palm fruit — Production over time
- China
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.23 million t against 667,212 t in China, a difference of 558,558 t.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.8 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 18th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Costa Rica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 173,333 t | 43,167 t | 130,167 t | China |
| 1970s | 454,800 t | 106,900 t | 347,900 t | China |
| 1980s | 598,800 t | 217,363 t | 381,437 t | China |
| 1990s | 594,000 t | 422,448 t | 171,552 t | China |
| 2000s | 662,300 t | 733,580 t | 71,280 t | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 664,872 t | 1.05 million t | 385,755 t | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 667,606 t | 1.19 million t | 527,058 t | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — production, China or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.23 million t against 667,212 t in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — production between China and Costa Rica?
- 558,558 t, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Costa Rica rank globally for oil palm fruit — production?
- China ranks 18th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Production. 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.