Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 12,941 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Costa Rica is 12,941 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 16,542 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,534 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Costa Rica 122nd out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,105 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,203 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 7,276 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 7,362 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 7,334 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 7,354 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 7,308 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 7,317 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 7,013 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 6,590 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 6,821 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 7,347 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 8,141 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 7,359 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1975 | 8,668 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1976 | 9,190 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 7,590 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1978 | 6,903 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 6,089 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1980 | 5,668 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 5,534 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 5,812 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 7,854 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1984 | 6,922 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1985 | 8,239 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1986 | 10,075 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1987 | 10,557 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 14,993 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1989 | 15,796 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 14,322 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 14,929 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 15,948 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 16,059 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 16,542 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 12,694 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1996 | 13,459 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 13,852 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 14,804 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 12,835 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 13,974 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 12,976 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 12,082 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 14,108 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2004 | 14,298 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 8,409 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 2006 | 8,750 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 10,765 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2008 | 13,566 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 12,936 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 13,558 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 15,486 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 13,971 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 13,315 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 15,443 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 16,303 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 16,238 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 15,940 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 12,106 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2019 | 12,002 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 11,101 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 14,060 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2022 | 13,804 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 13,127 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 12,941 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,252 kg/ha | 7,013 kg/ha | 7,362 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,470 kg/ha | 6,089 kg/ha | 9,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,145 kg/ha | 5,534 kg/ha | 15,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,544 kg/ha | 12,694 kg/ha | 16,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,186 kg/ha | 8,409 kg/ha | 14,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,436 kg/ha | 12,002 kg/ha | 16,303 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,006 kg/ha | 11,101 kg/ha | 14,060 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Costa Rica?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Costa Rica was 12,941 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 16,542 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,534 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Costa Rica rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.