Pineapples — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Pineapples — Yield was 58,832 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — yield in Costa Rica stood at 58,832 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.1% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 86,664 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 12,965 kg/ha, in 1986.
Costa Rica ranks 7th of 85 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pineapples — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 18,500 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 19,500 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 21,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 22,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 15,333 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1968 | 16,333 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 17,000 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 18,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 16,143 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 16,571 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 19,912 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 20,500 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 19,111 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 18,723 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 18,723 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 18,367 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 19,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 20,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 18,113 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 26,006 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 1984 | 24,204 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 13,628 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1986 | 12,965 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 14,850 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 17,046 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1989 | 70,000 kg/ha | +310.7% |
| 1990 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 70,082 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 70,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 70,002 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 70,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 86,664 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 72,250 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2001 | 72,911 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 64,000 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 59,850 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 59,850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 59,850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 85,832 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2007 | 54,941 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 2008 | 49,795 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 48,651 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 51,394 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 55,605 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 58,753 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 60,439 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 71,950 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 69,289 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 67,980 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 73,712 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 75,959 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 70,068 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 66,203 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 73,458 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 65,466 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 68,516 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 58,832 kg/ha | -14.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 58,832 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 21,207 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 58,832 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,359 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +310.7% | 17,046 kg/ha | 70,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,352 kg/ha | 15,333 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,605 kg/ha | 16,143 kg/ha | 20,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,581 kg/ha | 12,965 kg/ha | 70,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,675 kg/ha | 70,000 kg/ha | 86,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62,793 kg/ha | 48,651 kg/ha | 85,832 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,515 kg/ha | 51,394 kg/ha | 75,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,495 kg/ha | 58,832 kg/ha | 73,458 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24,229 kg/ha compare
- 4 Dominican Republic 64,685 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ghana 64,685 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,386 kg/ha compare
- 6 Panama 61,727 kg/ha compare
- 7 Caribbean 33,859 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 20,652 kg/ha compare
- 8 China, Taiwan Province of 53,327 kg/ha compare
- 9 Honduras 51,333 kg/ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 18,407 kg/ha compare
- 10 Mexico 49,669 kg/ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 18,263 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 pineapples — yield in Costa Rica?
- Pineapples — yield in Costa Rica was 58,832 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 86,664 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,965 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Costa Rica rank for pineapples — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. 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 Pineapples — 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.