Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 785.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 785.1 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 2,978 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 761.5 kg/ha, in 2011.
Costa Rica ranks 73rd of 94 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,619 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | 1,633 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,496 kg/ha | 772.5 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,681 kg/ha | 876.2 kg/ha | 2,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,031 kg/ha | 871 kg/ha | 1,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 809.17 kg/ha | 766.3 kg/ha | 881.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 778.04 kg/ha | 761.5 kg/ha | 820.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 793.62 kg/ha | 785.1 kg/ha | 809.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 70 Yugoslav SFR 875 kg/ha compare
- 71 Cuba 862.9 kg/ha compare
- 72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 833.3 kg/ha compare
- 74 Ethiopia PDR 757.5 kg/ha compare
- 75 Bulgaria 707.4 kg/ha compare
- 76 Togo 676.8 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Costa Rica?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Costa Rica was 785.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,978 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 761.5 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Costa Rica rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 73rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — 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.