Papayas — Production in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Papayas — Production was 54,791 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Production in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — production in Costa Rica stood at 54,791 t.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — production in Costa Rica peaked at 100,000 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,200 t, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 25th of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,411 t | 2,200 t | 2,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,889 t | 2,600 t | 3,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,485 t | 3,200 t | 25,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,234 t | 15,764 t | 60,665 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,648 t | 26,458 t | 67,200 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,876 t | 33,460 t | 100,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,363 t | 49,995 t | 58,871 t | 5 |
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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 papayas — production in Costa Rica?
- Papayas — production in Costa Rica was 54,791 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100,000 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest papayas — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,200 t in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for papayas — production?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — production rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — Production. 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.