Cassava, fresh — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 10,099 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Costa Rica stood at 10,099 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 22,449 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 3,394 kg/ha, in 1980.
Costa Rica ranks 59th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,299 kg/ha | 4,149 kg/ha | 4,356 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,715 kg/ha | 3,472 kg/ha | 6,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,613 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha | 13,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,528 kg/ha | 10,813 kg/ha | 22,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,612 kg/ha | 5,432 kg/ha | 11,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,705 kg/ha | 10,911 kg/ha | 16,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,713 kg/ha | 9,858 kg/ha | 11,658 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Costa Rica?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Costa Rica was 10,099 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 22,449 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,394 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 59th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.7%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.