Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 16,400 kg/ha against 15,357 kg/ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 1,043 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,159 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 5,587 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 14,140 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 5,569 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 14,825 kg/ha | 8,575 kg/ha | 6,251 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 15,656 kg/ha | 18,916 kg/ha | 3,260 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 15,668 kg/ha | 23,805 kg/ha | 8,137 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 15,046 kg/ha | 15,439 kg/ha | 392.81 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 16,088 kg/ha | 14,709 kg/ha | 1,379 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 Nicaragua?
- Costa Rica, at 16,400 kg/ha against 15,357 kg/ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 1,043 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 8th 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.