Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 17,583 ha against 15,820 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 1,763 ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 111th and Jamaica ranks 108th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,511 ha | 9,767 ha | 6,256 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 4,650 ha | 20,442 ha | 15,792 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 7,971 ha | 18,741 ha | 10,770 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 12,918 ha | 18,997 ha | 6,078 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 20,453 ha | 11,975 ha | 8,478 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 18,662 ha | 14,527 ha | 4,136 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 15,791 ha | 17,545 ha | 1,754 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 17,583 ha against 15,820 ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 1,763 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 111th and Jamaica ranks 108th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. 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.