What is bean yields in Costa Rica?

Bean yields in Costa Rica was 0.7536 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?

The highest recorded value was 0.7919 tonnes per hectare in 2006.

What is the lowest bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?

The lowest recorded value was 0.3166 tonnes per hectare in 1997.

How does Costa Rica rank for bean yields?

Costa Rica ranks 103rd out of 132 countries with data for 2024.

Is bean yields rising or falling in Costa Rica?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Costa Rica data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Bean yields in Costa Rica

Name: Bean yields in Costa Rica
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Costa Rica: Bean yields was 0.7536 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.7536 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

up 2.7%

World rank

103rd

of 132 countries

All-time high

0.7919 tonnes per hectare

in 2006

All-time low

0.3166 tonnes per hectare

in 1997

Years of data

1961–2024

Bean yields in Costa Rica, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

The most recent figure for bean yields in Costa Rica is 0.7536 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bean yields in Costa Rica peaked at 0.7919 tonnes per hectare in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.3166 tonnes per hectare, in 1997.

That places Costa Rica 103rd out of 132 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.4011 tonnes per hectare	0.385 tonnes per hectare	0.4264 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.4501 tonnes per hectare	0.3826 tonnes per hectare	0.588 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.4991 tonnes per hectare	0.3608 tonnes per hectare	0.5965 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.5143 tonnes per hectare	0.3166 tonnes per hectare	0.6277 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.6447 tonnes per hectare	0.5176 tonnes per hectare	0.7919 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.6868 tonnes per hectare	0.5114 tonnes per hectare	0.7685 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.7071 tonnes per hectare	0.6143 tonnes per hectare	0.7536 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

100 Ecuador 0.7799 tonnes per hectare compare
101 Bhutan 0.7632 tonnes per hectare compare
102 Thailand 0.7619 tonnes per hectare compare
104 Kenya 0.7349 tonnes per hectare compare
105 Mexico 0.7296 tonnes per hectare compare
106 Rwanda 0.7242 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 133 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
Rural population 20.3% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
Land under cereal production 18,980 hectares (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is bean yields in Costa Rica?: Bean yields in Costa Rica was 0.7536 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?: The highest recorded value was 0.7919 tonnes per hectare in 2006.
What is the lowest bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3166 tonnes per hectare in 1997.
How does Costa Rica rank for bean yields?: Costa Rica ranks 103rd out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
Is bean yields rising or falling in Costa Rica?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 133 places, 6,635 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.