Ginger, raw — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Ginger, raw — Yield was 11,623 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Ginger, raw — Yield in Costa Rica, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — yield in Costa Rica stood at 11,623 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 21,359 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8,166 kg/ha, in 2003.
Costa Rica ranks 15th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 13,158 kg/ha | — |
| 1987 | 13,158 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,963 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 13,044 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 13,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16,000 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1994 | 17,333 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 20,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 12,994 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1997 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 12,997 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 11,136 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 10,493 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 8,376 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2002 | 8,853 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 8,166 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 12,146 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 2005 | 16,288 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2006 | 21,359 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2007 | 9,757 kg/ha | -54.3% |
| 2008 | 14,546 kg/ha | +49.1% |
| 2009 | 13,173 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 13,307 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 13,734 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 12,000 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9,984 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 11,166 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2020 | 11,686 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 11,689 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11,731 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 11,677 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 11,623 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 11,623 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 12,129 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 11,623 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,154 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -54.3% | 21,359 kg/ha | 9,757 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +48.7% | 8,166 kg/ha | 12,146 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +49.1% | 9,757 kg/ha | 14,546 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -35.0% | 20,000 kg/ha | 12,994 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13,081 kg/ha | 12,963 kg/ha | 13,158 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 14,246 kg/ha | 11,136 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,316 kg/ha | 8,166 kg/ha | 21,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,019 kg/ha | 9,984 kg/ha | 13,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,681 kg/ha | 11,623 kg/ha | 11,731 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 ginger, raw — yield in Costa Rica?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Costa Rica was 11,623 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 21,359 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,166 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Costa Rica rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Ginger, raw — 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.