Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit was 0.0016 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.0016 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
7th
of 44 countries
All-time high
0.0018 tonnes per hectare
in 1997
All-time low
0.0011 tonnes per hectare
in 2014
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit 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
Costa Rica recorded 0.0016 tonnes per hectare for change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0018 tonnes per hectare in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.0011 tonnes per hectare, in 2014.
That places Costa Rica 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | -22.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | +30.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | +18.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | -21.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | -19.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0011 tonnes per hectare | -35.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0012 tonnes per hectare | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | +27.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | +18.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | 0.0014 tonnes per hectare | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | 0.0013 tonnes per hectare | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | 0.0011 tonnes per hectare | 0.0018 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0016 tonnes per hectare | 0.0015 tonnes per hectare | 0.0017 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit in Costa Rica?
- Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit in Costa Rica was 0.0016 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 change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0018 tonnes per hectare in 1997.
- What is the lowest change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0011 tonnes per hectare in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. 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 Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.