Sorghum — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sorghum — Yield was 2,000 kg/ha in 1991. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Costa Rica, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1991, sorghum — yield in Costa Rica stood at 2,000 kg/ha.
The figure is up 22.4% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 2,567 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 1,488 kg/ha, in 1981.
Costa Rica ranks 42nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,585 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,613 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 1,634 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1,632 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 1,625 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,633 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,654 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 1,633 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 1,635 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,629 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 1,653 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,686 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 2,070 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1974 | 1,947 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,840 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 1,637 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 1,641 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 2,206 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1979 | 1,856 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 2,081 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 1,488 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1982 | 1,718 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1983 | 1,591 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 1,647 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 2,357 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1986 | 2,324 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 2,567 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 2,107 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 2,278 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 1,634 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | +22.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 2,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 2,000 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,627 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha | 1,654 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,816 kg/ha | 1,629 kg/ha | 2,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,016 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 2,567 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,817 kg/ha | 1,634 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 39 Lebanon 2,342 kg/ha compare
- 40 South Africa 2,328 kg/ha compare
- 41 Yugoslav SFR 2,134 kg/ha compare
- 43 Czechoslovakia 1,974 kg/ha compare
- 44 Bulgaria 1,956 kg/ha compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 1,933 kg/ha
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 sorghum — yield in Costa Rica?
- Sorghum — yield in Costa Rica was 2,000 kg/ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,567 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,488 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sorghum — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 42nd out of 111 countries with data for 1991.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. 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 Sorghum — 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.