Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Costa Rica, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Costa Rica is 1,090 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 1,953 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 1,079 kg/ha, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 65th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1,677 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 1,953 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1985 | 1,656 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1986 | 1,600 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,229 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 1,214 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 1,200 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1,500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 1,267 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 1,247 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 1,244 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,241 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,240 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,240 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,240 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,240 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,240 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,239 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,238 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,236 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,233 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,228 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,222 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,250 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1,201 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 1,187 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,172 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,158 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,100 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,120 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 1,127 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,120 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,110 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,102 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,092 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,085 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,090 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,084 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,079 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,090 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1,090 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,780 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 1,090 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,514 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +25.0% | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,504 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,953 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 1,271 kg/ha | 1,240 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,227 kg/ha | 1,187 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,120 kg/ha | 1,092 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,086 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Costa Rica?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Costa Rica was 1,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,953 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,079 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.