Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 14,108 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — yield in Costa Rica is 14,108 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 74.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 14,108 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,375 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Costa Rica 7th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,429 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,357 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 8,611 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1967 | 8,000 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 9,600 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 9,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,423 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 9,074 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 9,074 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 8,982 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 8,929 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 8,966 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 9,069 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 9,286 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 9,643 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 7,200 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1986 | 11,921 kg/ha | +65.6% |
| 1987 | 7,025 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 1988 | 7,077 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 6,900 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 6,178 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 6,292 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 5,700 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 4,571 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1994 | 5,333 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,375 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 4,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 4,750 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 4,875 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 5,544 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 6,500 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 6,280 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 6,250 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 6,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 7,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 7,375 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 8,875 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2012 | 9,342 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 8,355 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 8,102 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 9,324 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 9,875 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 11,200 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 12,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12,126 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 13,070 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 13,644 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 14,108 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 14,108 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,002 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 14,108 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,668 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +65.6% | 7,200 kg/ha | 11,921 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +60.7% | 5,357 kg/ha | 8,611 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -41.1% | 11,921 kg/ha | 7,025 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,631 kg/ha | 5,357 kg/ha | 8,611 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,884 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,602 kg/ha | 6,900 kg/ha | 11,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,378 kg/ha | 4,375 kg/ha | 6,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,607 kg/ha | 4,375 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,645 kg/ha | 7,375 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,990 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 14,108 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 4 Brazil 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 5,932 kg/ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 15,212 kg/ha compare
- 5 Micronesia 5,822 kg/ha compare
- 6 Peru 14,549 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 9,171 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 5,749 kg/ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 13,902 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 13,455 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,279 kg/ha compare
- 10 Suriname 11,048 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 4,297 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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Costa Rica?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Costa Rica was 14,108 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 14,108 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,375 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Costa Rica rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.1%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — 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.