Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 14,163 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — yield in Costa Rica stood at 14,163 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 22,661 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,980 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Costa Rica 57th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,962 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 7,964 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 7,936 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 7,971 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 8,028 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 7,986 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 7,949 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 8,125 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 8,500 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 8,235 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 8,239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,222 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 8,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,152 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 8,172 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 9,625 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1983 | 9,810 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 10,197 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 10,667 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 11,096 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 11,643 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 12,617 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 12,108 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 9,860 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 9,841 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 8,287 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1993 | 8,766 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 5,980 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1995 | 6,760 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 7,089 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 12,304 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 1998 | 12,770 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 11,005 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 15,387 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 2001 | 16,298 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 13,840 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 13,173 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 16,975 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2005 | 15,507 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 18,508 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2007 | 16,414 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 11,266 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2009 | 18,960 kg/ha | +68.3% |
| 2010 | 10,355 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 2011 | 12,826 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2012 | 13,173 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 13,212 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 10,474 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2015 | 10,478 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10,457 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 10,494 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 19,362 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 2019 | 16,643 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 22,661 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2021 | 8,661 kg/ha | -61.8% |
| 2022 | 10,348 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 13,182 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2024 | 14,163 kg/ha | +7.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 14,163 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,826 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 14,163 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,008 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +84.5% | 10,494 kg/ha | 19,362 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +73.6% | 7,089 kg/ha | 12,304 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +68.3% | 11,266 kg/ha | 18,960 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -61.8% | 22,661 kg/ha | 8,661 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -45.4% | 18,960 kg/ha | 10,355 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +39.8% | 11,005 kg/ha | 15,387 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,985 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 8,028 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,148 kg/ha | 7,949 kg/ha | 8,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,409 kg/ha | 8,152 kg/ha | 12,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,266 kg/ha | 5,980 kg/ha | 12,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,633 kg/ha | 11,266 kg/ha | 18,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,748 kg/ha | 10,355 kg/ha | 19,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,803 kg/ha | 8,661 kg/ha | 22,661 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 citrus fruit, total — yield in Costa Rica?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Costa Rica was 14,163 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 22,661 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,980 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Costa Rica rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 57th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. 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, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.