Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 71,304 kg/ha against 70,998 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 306 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Uruguay ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,223 kg/ha | 40,645 kg/ha | 11,578 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 59,025 kg/ha | 40,829 kg/ha | 18,197 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 56,697 kg/ha | 53,410 kg/ha | 3,287 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 82,364 kg/ha | 53,453 kg/ha | 28,910 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 82,395 kg/ha | 52,584 kg/ha | 29,810 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 66,884 kg/ha | 56,251 kg/ha | 10,633 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 66,947 kg/ha | 71,136 kg/ha | 4,188 kg/ha | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 71,304 kg/ha against 70,998 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 306 kg/ha, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Uruguay ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — 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.