Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield was 29,705 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 29,705 kg/ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 46,756 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 7,501 kg/ha, in 1975.
Costa Rica ranks 47th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,105 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,580 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 9,995 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 9,988 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 9,889 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 9,831 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 9,297 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 9,653 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 9,413 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 9,200 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 9,269 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 9,411 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 9,120 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 7,879 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 7,501 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 9,088 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 9,148 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 9,187 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 9,173 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 8,840 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 8,812 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 9,358 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 10,360 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 9,612 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 14,810 kg/ha | +54.1% |
| 1986 | 14,810 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,491 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 18,441 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1989 | 25,739 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1990 | 21,642 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1991 | 32,525 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 1992 | 20,168 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1993 | 35,313 kg/ha | +75.1% |
| 1994 | 46,756 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1995 | 22,048 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 1996 | 24,877 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 17,903 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1998 | 23,454 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1999 | 24,037 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 24,594 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 27,428 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 27,847 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 26,587 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 25,175 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 26,216 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 28,146 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 26,030 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 27,227 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 31,655 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 29,436 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 27,092 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 33,426 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2013 | 28,516 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 27,039 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 30,099 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 27,528 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 30,583 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 24,080 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 21,456 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 19,408 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 34,007 kg/ha | +75.2% |
| 2022 | 35,574 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 32,335 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 29,705 kg/ha | -8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,639 kg/ha | 9,105 kg/ha | 9,995 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,898 kg/ha | 7,501 kg/ha | 9,411 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,327 kg/ha | 8,812 kg/ha | 25,739 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,872 kg/ha | 17,903 kg/ha | 46,756 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,090 kg/ha | 24,594 kg/ha | 31,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,926 kg/ha | 21,456 kg/ha | 33,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,206 kg/ha | 19,408 kg/ha | 35,574 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 44 Guatemala 30,945 kg/ha compare
- 45 Italy 30,922 kg/ha compare
- 46 Switzerland 30,744 kg/ha compare
- 48 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29,397 kg/ha compare
- 49 Azerbaijan 29,116 kg/ha compare
- 50 Palestine, State of 28,953 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Costa Rica?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Costa Rica was 29,705 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 46,756 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,501 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Costa Rica rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 47th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.