Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 571.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Costa Rica stood at 571.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 597.4 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 398.9 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Costa Rica 97th out of 183 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 462.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 467.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 465.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 476.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 489.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 522.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 516.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 513.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 506.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 502.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 496.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 496.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 518.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 513.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 509.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 522.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 505.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 398.9 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1979 | 399.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 500.2 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1981 | 549.9 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 514.4 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 531.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 569.5 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 496.1 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 572.9 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1987 | 483 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 546.6 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 424.6 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1990 | 464.7 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 477.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 453.2 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 419.8 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 540.6 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1995 | 529.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 476.5 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 555.1 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 512.1 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 404.7 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2000 | 466.4 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 506.8 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 418.6 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2003 | 419.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 453.8 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 489.9 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 558.1 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 528.9 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 508.2 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 515 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 594.9 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 597.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 588.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 572.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 406.7 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2015 | 430.2 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 519.6 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2017 | 500.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 500.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 500.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 577 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 539.3 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 564.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 562.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 571.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 571.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,312 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 571.1 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 542 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 491.03 kg/ha | 462.1 kg/ha | 522.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 486.26 kg/ha | 398.9 kg/ha | 522.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 518.83 kg/ha | 424.6 kg/ha | 572.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 483.39 kg/ha | 404.7 kg/ha | 555.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 486.52 kg/ha | 418.6 kg/ha | 558.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 521.07 kg/ha | 406.7 kg/ha | 597.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 562.84 kg/ha | 539.3 kg/ha | 577 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.5759 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0996 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3415 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Costa Rica?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Costa Rica was 571.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 597.4 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 398.9 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Costa Rica rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 97th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.