What is coffee bean yields in Costa Rica?

Coffee bean yields in Costa Rica was 0.753 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 coffee bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?

The highest recorded value was 1.58 tonnes per hectare in 1992.

What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?

The lowest recorded value was 0.5615 tonnes per hectare in 1964.

How does Costa Rica rank for coffee bean yields?

Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.

Is coffee bean yields 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coffee bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Coffee bean yields in Costa Rica

Name: Coffee bean yields in Costa Rica
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Costa Rica: Coffee bean yields was 0.753 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.753 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

down 22.6%

World rank

35th

of 82 countries

All-time high

1.58 tonnes per hectare

in 1992

All-time low

0.5615 tonnes per hectare

in 1964

Years of data

1961–2024

Coffee bean yields 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 0.753 tonnes per hectare for coffee bean yields in 2024.

That represents a change of down 22.6% on the previous year and down 34.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, coffee bean yields in Costa Rica peaked at 1.58 tonnes per hectare in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.5615 tonnes per hectare, in 1964.

Costa Rica ranks 35th of 82 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.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.7592 tonnes per hectare	0.5615 tonnes per hectare	0.8995 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	1.01 tonnes per hectare	0.7704 tonnes per hectare	1.22 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	1.4 tonnes per hectare	1.16 tonnes per hectare	1.56 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	1.41 tonnes per hectare	1.22 tonnes per hectare	1.58 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	1.21 tonnes per hectare	0.9262 tonnes per hectare	1.52 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.9932 tonnes per hectare	0.7612 tonnes per hectare	1.26 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.9146 tonnes per hectare	0.753 tonnes per hectare	1.02 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

32 Guyana 0.8147 tonnes per hectare compare
33 Jamaica 0.7961 tonnes per hectare compare
34 Cambodia 0.7932 tonnes per hectare compare
36 India 0.7387 tonnes per hectare compare
37 Yemen 0.7147 tonnes per hectare compare
38 Myanmar 0.7145 tonnes per hectare compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
Rural population 20.3% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
Land under cereal production 18,980 hectares (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is coffee bean yields in Costa Rica?: Coffee bean yields in Costa Rica was 0.753 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 coffee bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?: The highest recorded value was 1.58 tonnes per hectare in 1992.
What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in Costa Rica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.5615 tonnes per hectare in 1964.
How does Costa Rica rank for coffee bean yields?: Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
Is coffee bean yields 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coffee bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Coffee bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 4,908 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.