Costa Rica vs South America: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- South America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 4,269 kg/ha against 2,853 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 1,416 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.5 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was South America ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 6th and South America ranks 4th of 43 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,738 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha | 361.39 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 3,973 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 2,116 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 6,110 kg/ha | 2,273 kg/ha | 3,837 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 6,117 kg/ha | 2,344 kg/ha | 3,773 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 4,123 kg/ha | 2,958 kg/ha | 1,165 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield, Costa Rica or South America?
- Costa Rica, at 4,269 kg/ha against 2,853 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield between Costa Rica and South America?
- 1,416 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and South America?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and South America rank globally for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 6th and South America ranks 4th of 43 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.