Maize (corn) — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,898 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Costa Rica stood at 1,898 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 2,321 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 924.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Costa Rica 118th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,024 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,052 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 1,112 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 924.8 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1965 | 1,496 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 1966 | 1,270 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1967 | 1,296 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 1,422 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 1,366 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 1,139 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1971 | 1,353 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1972 | 1,373 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,082 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1974 | 1,474 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1975 | 1,315 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1976 | 1,530 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1977 | 1,802 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1978 | 1,690 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,654 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 1,939 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1981 | 1,765 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 1,529 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 1,516 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,680 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 1,605 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 1,592 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 1,701 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 1,601 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 1,728 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 1,655 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,625 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,668 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,879 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 1,906 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,856 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,576 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 1,913 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1998 | 1,746 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 1,892 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 1,811 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 1,662 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 1,712 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 1,727 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,952 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 2,079 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 2,077 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,153 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,735 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 2,082 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 1,955 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 2,254 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 2,321 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,233 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 1,676 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 1,879 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 1,943 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 1,514 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 2,182 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 2019 | 1,836 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 1,838 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,741 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,802 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 1,866 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1,898 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1,898 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 1,898 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,218 kg/ha | 924.8 kg/ha | 1,496 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,665 kg/ha | 1,516 kg/ha | 1,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,772 kg/ha | 1,576 kg/ha | 1,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,899 kg/ha | 1,662 kg/ha | 2,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,979 kg/ha | 1,514 kg/ha | 2,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,829 kg/ha | 1,741 kg/ha | 1,898 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 maize (corn) — yield in Costa Rica?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Costa Rica was 1,898 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,321 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 924.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Costa Rica rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.