Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 70,998 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Costa Rica is 70,998 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 22.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 89,796 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 50,459 kg/ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 40th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,459 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,504 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 50,936 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 51,564 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 52,328 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 52,672 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 53,764 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 53,960 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 53,820 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 56,031 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 57,637 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 58,686 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 60,400 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 59,641 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 62,775 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 60,099 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 62,986 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 56,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 56,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 56,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 56,019 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 56,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 56,001 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 56,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 59,702 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 56,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 56,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 56,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 59,250 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 89,152 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1991 | 76,486 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 80,000 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 82,170 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 80,402 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 84,987 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 78,089 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 87,783 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 84,130 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 80,435 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 80,508 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 83,333 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 79,167 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 89,796 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 85,348 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 83,333 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 86,304 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 81,850 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 76,994 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 77,315 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 67,015 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 59,468 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 69,544 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2013 | 69,668 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 71,072 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 67,166 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 65,143 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 64,722 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 66,538 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 68,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 74,649 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 65,850 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 65,143 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 58,095 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 70,998 kg/ha | +22.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 70,998 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 70,998 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +50.5% | 59,250 kg/ha | 89,152 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,223 kg/ha | 50,459 kg/ha | 53,960 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,025 kg/ha | 56,000 kg/ha | 62,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,697 kg/ha | 56,000 kg/ha | 59,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,364 kg/ha | 76,486 kg/ha | 89,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,395 kg/ha | 76,994 kg/ha | 89,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,884 kg/ha | 59,468 kg/ha | 71,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,947 kg/ha | 58,095 kg/ha | 74,649 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 sugar crops primary — yield in Costa Rica?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Costa Rica was 70,998 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 89,796 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,459 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.