Papayas — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Papayas — Yield was 54,003 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — 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 papayas — yield in Costa Rica is 54,003 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 100,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 22,297 kg/ha, in 1998.
Costa Rica ranks 8th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,429 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,857 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 32,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 31,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 31,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 31,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 28,889 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 28,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30,956 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 30,000 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 31,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 32,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 33,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 34,000 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 36,900 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 37,500 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 37,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 37,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 37,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 30,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 31,608 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 40,000 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1992 | 30,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 54,964 kg/ha | +83.2% |
| 1994 | 55,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 46,667 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1996 | 46,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 46,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 22,297 kg/ha | -52.2% |
| 1999 | 48,673 kg/ha | +118.3% |
| 2000 | 46,504 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 37,212 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 37,743 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 48,256 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2004 | 46,386 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 59,673 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 47,393 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 67,726 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 80,000 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 80,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 85,263 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 76,962 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 100,000 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2013 | 99,012 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 100,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 90,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 90,909 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 60,000 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2018 | 90,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 32,539 kg/ha | -63.8% |
| 2020 | 60,091 kg/ha | +84.7% |
| 2021 | 59,900 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 48,537 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2023 | 53,843 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 54,003 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 54,003 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,342 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 54,003 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,560 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +118.3% | 22,297 kg/ha | 48,673 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +84.7% | 32,539 kg/ha | 60,091 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +83.2% | 30,000 kg/ha | 54,964 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -63.8% | 90,000 kg/ha | 32,539 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -52.2% | 46,667 kg/ha | 22,297 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +50.0% | 60,000 kg/ha | 90,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,087 kg/ha | 28,889 kg/ha | 32,857 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,084 kg/ha | 28,889 kg/ha | 31,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,590 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 37,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,254 kg/ha | 22,297 kg/ha | 55,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,089 kg/ha | 37,212 kg/ha | 80,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,469 kg/ha | 32,539 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,275 kg/ha | 48,537 kg/ha | 60,091 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 5 China 64,425 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,871 kg/ha compare
- 6 Belize 60,828 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,958 kg/ha compare
- 7 Mexico 55,992 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, Taiwan Province of 48,700 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 15,000 kg/ha compare
- 10 Morocco 45,000 kg/ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 14,093 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 41,520 kg/ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 11,247 kg/ha compare
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 papayas — yield in Costa Rica?
- Papayas — yield in Costa Rica was 54,003 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,297 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Costa Rica rank for papayas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.0%. 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 Papayas — Yield. 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.