Oranges — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Oranges — Yield was 14,470 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — yield in Costa Rica is 14,470 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 26,630 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,824 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Costa Rica 49th out of 117 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.
Oranges — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,962 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 7,964 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 7,936 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 7,971 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 8,028 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 7,986 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 7,949 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 8,125 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 8,500 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 8,235 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 8,239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,222 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 8,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,152 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 8,172 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 9,625 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1983 | 9,810 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 10,197 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 10,667 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 11,096 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 11,643 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 12,615 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 12,104 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 10,290 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 10,180 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 8,375 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1993 | 8,889 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 5,824 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1995 | 6,667 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1996 | 7,021 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 12,701 kg/ha | +80.9% |
| 1998 | 13,177 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 11,238 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 16,008 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2001 | 16,791 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 14,115 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2003 | 13,593 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 17,887 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2005 | 15,946 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 19,513 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2007 | 16,960 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 11,120 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 2009 | 20,000 kg/ha | +79.9% |
| 2010 | 10,080 kg/ha | -49.6% |
| 2011 | 12,931 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2012 | 13,333 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,035 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2015 | 10,035 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10,037 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10,038 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21,595 kg/ha | +115.1% |
| 2019 | 18,138 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 26,630 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2021 | 7,792 kg/ha | -70.7% |
| 2022 | 9,760 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2023 | 13,134 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2024 | 14,470 kg/ha | +10.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 14,470 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,992 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 14,470 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,470 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +115.1% | 10,038 kg/ha | 21,595 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +80.9% | 7,021 kg/ha | 12,701 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +79.9% | 11,120 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -70.7% | 26,630 kg/ha | 7,792 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -49.6% | 20,000 kg/ha | 10,080 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +46.8% | 18,138 kg/ha | 26,630 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,985 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 8,028 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,148 kg/ha | 7,949 kg/ha | 8,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,408 kg/ha | 8,152 kg/ha | 12,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,436 kg/ha | 5,824 kg/ha | 13,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,193 kg/ha | 11,120 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,956 kg/ha | 10,035 kg/ha | 21,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,357 kg/ha | 7,792 kg/ha | 26,630 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 oranges — yield in Costa Rica?
- Oranges — yield in Costa Rica was 14,470 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 26,630 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,824 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Costa Rica rank for oranges — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 49th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. 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 Oranges — 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.