Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 8,067 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica is 8,067 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica peaked at 11,137 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,790 kg/ha, in 1983.
Costa Rica ranks 39th of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7,600 kg/ha | — |
| 1983 | 6,790 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 8,800 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1985 | 7,820 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 7,224 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 8,200 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1988 | 8,769 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 8,579 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 8,800 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,571 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 8,333 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 9,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 8,333 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 9,291 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 8,442 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 8,820 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 8,721 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 9,698 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 8,309 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 7,840 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 8,290 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 8,633 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 8,966 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 9,034 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 9,073 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 8,208 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 9,933 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 8,650 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 9,110 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 9,496 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 10,045 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 9,623 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 10,090 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 10,669 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 11,137 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 11,101 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 8,696 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2019 | 7,782 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 6,891 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 7,583 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 8,473 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 8,175 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 8,067 kg/ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7,973 kg/ha | 6,790 kg/ha | 8,800 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 8,801 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 9,698 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,694 kg/ha | 7,840 kg/ha | 9,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,775 kg/ha | 7,782 kg/ha | 11,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,838 kg/ha | 6,891 kg/ha | 8,473 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica was 8,067 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 11,137 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,790 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Costa Rica rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Costa Rica ranks 39th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.