Lemons and limes — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Lemons and limes — Yield was 21,296 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Costa Rica, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Costa Rica stood at 21,296 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 25,000 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 11,922 kg/ha, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 24th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,857 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 12,500 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,176 kg/ha | 11,922 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,277 kg/ha | 19,049 kg/ha | 21,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,320 kg/ha | 21,242 kg/ha | 21,419 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 21 Seychelles 21,868 kg/ha compare
- 22 South Africa 21,833 kg/ha compare
- 23 Kuwait 21,569 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 21,270 kg/ha compare
- 26 Egypt 20,262 kg/ha compare
- 27 New Zealand 19,453 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Rural population 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — yield in Costa Rica?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Costa Rica was 21,296 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,922 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 24th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Lemons and limes — Yield. 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.