Coffee, green — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Coffee, green — Yield was 753 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — 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 coffee, green — yield in Costa Rica is 753 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.6% on the previous year and down 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 1,585 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 561.5 kg/ha, in 1964.
Costa Rica ranks 32nd of 74 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.
Coffee, green — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 846.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 728.9 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 742.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 561.5 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1965 | 678.9 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1966 | 776.6 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1967 | 844.6 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 754 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 899.5 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1970 | 770.4 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1971 | 940.5 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1972 | 829.3 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 1,148 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1974 | 1,011 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 946.8 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 1,076 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 1,217 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 1,206 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1,301 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 1,331 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,354 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 1,425 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 1,521 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,378 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 1,155 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 1,484 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1988 | 1,558 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,495 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 1,314 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 1,505 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1992 | 1,585 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 1,494 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 1,358 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 1,390 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 1,427 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,222 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 1,438 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 1,395 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,523 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 1,328 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 1,242 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,166 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 1,277 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 1,274 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,024 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 1,227 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 1,135 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 926.2 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 928.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 963.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 1,257 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2013 | 761.2 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2014 | 1,150 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 2015 | 996.6 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 1,114 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 965 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 982.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 815.2 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 926.3 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 1,017 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 904.1 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 972.5 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 753 kg/ha | -22.6% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 753 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 384.05 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 753 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 675.5 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 759.19 kg/ha | 561.5 kg/ha | 899.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,014 kg/ha | 770.4 kg/ha | 1,217 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,155 kg/ha | 1,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,413 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,212 kg/ha | 926.2 kg/ha | 1,523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 993.24 kg/ha | 761.2 kg/ha | 1,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 914.64 kg/ha | 753 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 coffee, green — yield in Costa Rica?
- Coffee, green — yield in Costa Rica was 753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,585 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 561.5 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Costa Rica rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 32nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.5%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.