Costa Rica vs Mauritania: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Mauritania
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1,263 ha against 485 ha in Mauritania, a difference of 778 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.6 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Mauritania ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 36th and Mauritania ranks 38th of 61 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 350 ha | 430 ha | 80 ha | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 973.9 ha | 409.1 ha | 564.8 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2,014 ha | 429 ha | 1,585 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1,819 ha | 468.4 ha | 1,350 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1,101 ha | 481.2 ha | 619.6 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Costa Rica or Mauritania?
- Costa Rica, at 1,263 ha against 485 ha in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Costa Rica and Mauritania?
- 778 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mauritania?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Mauritania rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th and Mauritania ranks 38th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.