Cottonseed oil — Production in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cottonseed oil — Production was 30.78 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cottonseed oil — Production in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cottonseed oil — production in Costa Rica is 30.78 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 2,831.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cottonseed oil — production in Costa Rica peaked at 3,058 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1.05 t, in 2013.
That places Costa Rica 71st out of 96 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cottonseed oil — Production in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 336.03 t | — |
| 1962 | 599.12 t | +78.3% |
| 1963 | 781.53 t | +30.4% |
| 1964 | 1,254 t | +60.5% |
| 1965 | 1,345 t | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 1,201 t | -10.8% |
| 1967 | 3,058 t | +154.7% |
| 1968 | 2,162 t | -29.3% |
| 1969 | 1,447 t | -33.0% |
| 1970 | 747.31 t | -48.4% |
| 1971 | 1,163 t | +55.6% |
| 1972 | 1,515 t | +30.3% |
| 1973 | 1,509 t | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,746 t | +15.7% |
| 1975 | 899.74 t | -48.5% |
| 1976 | 513.95 t | -42.9% |
| 1977 | 2,263 t | +340.3% |
| 1978 | 638.28 t | -71.8% |
| 1979 | 1,181 t | +85.0% |
| 1980 | 1,199 t | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 1,520 t | +26.8% |
| 1982 | 496.73 t | -67.3% |
| 1983 | 344.41 t | -30.7% |
| 1984 | 334.79 t | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 332.84 t | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 165.58 t | -50.3% |
| 1987 | 122.16 t | -26.2% |
| 1988 | 495.88 t | +305.9% |
| 1989 | 77.25 t | -84.4% |
| 1990 | 76.59 t | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 35.67 t | -53.4% |
| 1992 | 33.61 t | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 22.92 t | -31.8% |
| 1994 | 24.46 t | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 26.08 t | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 22.92 t | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 19.52 t | -14.8% |
| 1998 | 21.1 t | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 11.95 t | -43.4% |
| 2000 | 111.19 t | +830.5% |
| 2001 | 131.79 t | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 138.11 t | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 25.03 t | -81.9% |
| 2004 | 17.89 t | -28.5% |
| 2005 | 6.22 t | -65.2% |
| 2006 | 6.36 t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 15.67 t | +146.4% |
| 2008 | 7.9 t | -49.6% |
| 2009 | 12.52 t | +58.5% |
| 2010 | 24.66 t | +97.0% |
| 2011 | 28.45 t | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 24.38 t | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 1.05 t | -95.7% |
| 2014 | 9.97 t | +849.5% |
| 2015 | 25.6 t | +156.8% |
| 2016 | 24.68 t | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 22.16 t | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 26.8 t | +20.9% |
| 2019 | 26.91 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 25.07 t | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 29.92 t | +19.3% |
| 2022 | 31.09 t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 30.78 t | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,354 t | 336.03 t | 3,058 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,218 t | 513.95 t | 2,263 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 508.82 t | 77.25 t | 1,520 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.48 t | 11.95 t | 76.59 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.27 t | 6.22 t | 138.11 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.47 t | 1.05 t | 28.45 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.21 t | 25.07 t | 31.09 t | 4 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cottonseed oil — production in Costa Rica?
- Cottonseed oil — production in Costa Rica was 30.78 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cottonseed oil — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,058 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest cottonseed oil — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.05 t in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cottonseed oil — production?
- Costa Rica ranks 71st out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cottonseed oil — production rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,831.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cottonseed oil — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.