Cereals, primary — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,807 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Costa Rica stood at 3,807 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 14.4% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 4,498 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,154 kg/ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 71st of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,154 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,178 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 1,242 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 1,180 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 1,530 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1966 | 1,442 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 1,477 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 1,586 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 1,573 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,436 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 1,838 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1972 | 1,871 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 1,389 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1974 | 1,575 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 1,896 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1976 | 1,713 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 2,058 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1978 | 2,292 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 2,294 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 2,924 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1981 | 2,276 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1982 | 1,743 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1983 | 2,402 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1984 | 2,324 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 2,324 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,254 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 2,256 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 2,518 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1989 | 2,622 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 3,097 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1991 | 3,299 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 3,169 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 3,419 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 3,815 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 3,778 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 3,483 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 3,791 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 3,769 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 3,677 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 3,626 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 3,550 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 3,683 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 3,171 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 3,059 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 3,189 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 3,759 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 3,538 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 3,814 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 3,791 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 3,199 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 3,419 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 3,622 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 3,283 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 4,498 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2015 | 3,832 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 4,026 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 3,731 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 4,210 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2019 | 4,052 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 3,357 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2021 | 4,311 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2022 | 4,062 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 4,448 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 3,807 kg/ha | -14.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 3,807 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 3,807 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,374 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/ha | 1,586 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,836 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 2,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,364 kg/ha | 1,743 kg/ha | 2,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,530 kg/ha | 3,097 kg/ha | 3,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,518 kg/ha | 3,059 kg/ha | 3,814 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,787 kg/ha | 3,199 kg/ha | 4,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,997 kg/ha | 3,357 kg/ha | 4,448 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 cereals, primary — yield in Costa Rica?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Costa Rica was 3,807 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,498 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,154 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 71st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. 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, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.