Costa Rica vs Eastern Africa: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 16,400 kg/ha against 11,570 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 4,830 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Eastern Africa ranks 9th of 41 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,101 kg/ha | 8,285 kg/ha | 5,816 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 14,140 kg/ha | 9,817 kg/ha | 4,324 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 14,825 kg/ha | 10,732 kg/ha | 4,093 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 15,656 kg/ha | 12,160 kg/ha | 3,496 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 15,668 kg/ha | 12,379 kg/ha | 3,290 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 15,046 kg/ha | 11,482 kg/ha | 3,564 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 16,151 kg/ha | 11,506 kg/ha | 4,645 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Costa Rica or Eastern Africa?
- Costa Rica, at 16,400 kg/ha against 11,570 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Costa Rica and Eastern Africa?
- 4,830 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Eastern Africa rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Eastern Africa ranks 9th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.