Cabbages — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cabbages — Yield was 34,356 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cabbages — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — yield in Costa Rica stood at 34,356 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 40,720 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,000 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Costa Rica 36th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cabbages — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 7,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 7,667 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 8,167 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 7,429 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 7,714 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 8,000 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 7,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 7,750 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 7,875 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 7,529 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 7,647 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 7,765 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 8,333 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 8,210 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 8,000 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 8,100 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 7,810 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 7,685 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 7,727 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 7,679 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 7,565 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 7,586 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 7,542 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 7,500 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,496 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 7,520 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 7,540 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 7,559 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 7,578 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 7,538 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 8,943 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1997 | 10,262 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 11,703 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 13,246 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 14,870 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 16,554 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 18,278 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 22,794 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 24,823 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 30,029 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2006 | 31,581 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 33,071 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 34,480 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 35,790 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 36,980 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 38,035 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 40,720 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 40,102 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 39,458 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 39,458 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 34,684 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 34,769 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 34,769 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 33,761 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 34,508 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 34,407 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 34,260 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 34,396 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 34,356 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 34,356 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 26,899 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 34,356 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21,277 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,664 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 8,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,899 kg/ha | 7,529 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,609 kg/ha | 7,496 kg/ha | 7,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,939 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 13,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,227 kg/ha | 14,870 kg/ha | 35,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,274 kg/ha | 33,761 kg/ha | 40,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,385 kg/ha | 34,260 kg/ha | 34,508 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 33 Montenegro 35,776 kg/ha compare
- 34 Azerbaijan 35,000 kg/ha compare
- 35 Albania 34,571 kg/ha compare
- 37 Algeria 34,171 kg/ha compare
- 38 Czechia 33,921 kg/ha compare
- 39 North Macedonia 33,755 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — yield in Costa Rica?
- Cabbages — yield in Costa Rica was 34,356 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 40,720 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cabbages — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.