Costa Rica vs Northern America: Papayas — Yield
Papayas — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Northern America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 54,003 kg/ha against 19,266 kg/ha in Northern America, a difference of 34,737 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.8 times Northern America's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 8th and Northern America ranks 11th of 64 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Northern America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,087 kg/ha | 31,363 kg/ha | 276.18 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 30,084 kg/ha | 29,464 kg/ha | 620.74 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 34,590 kg/ha | 33,880 kg/ha | 710.06 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 42,254 kg/ha | 27,186 kg/ha | 15,069 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 55,089 kg/ha | 28,943 kg/ha | 26,147 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 82,469 kg/ha | 22,297 kg/ha | 60,171 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 55,275 kg/ha | 19,243 kg/ha | 36,032 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher papayas — yield, Costa Rica or Northern America?
- Costa Rica, at 54,003 kg/ha against 19,266 kg/ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in papayas — yield between Costa Rica and Northern America?
- 34,737 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Northern America rank globally for papayas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th and Northern America ranks 11th of 64 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Papayas — 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.