Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 13,388 kg/ha against 13,094 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 294 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 17th and Nicaragua ranks 15th of 61 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,132 kg/ha | 13,193 kg/ha | 2,939 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 12,652 kg/ha | 13,271 kg/ha | 619.38 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 14,262 kg/ha | 13,345 kg/ha | 916.73 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 12,017 kg/ha | 13,382 kg/ha | 1,365 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 13,388 kg/ha against 13,094 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 294 kg/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for yams — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 17th and Nicaragua ranks 15th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.