Tomatoes — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Tomatoes — Yield was 54,054 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — 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 tomatoes — yield in Costa Rica is 54,054 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 63,290 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 7,115 kg/ha, in 1981.
Costa Rica ranks 54th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,454 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,818 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 7,500 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 7,385 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 7,692 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 7,571 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 7,467 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 7,667 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 7,625 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 7,471 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 7,222 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 7,368 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 7,250 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 7,500 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 7,381 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 7,273 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 7,174 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 7,391 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 7,292 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 7,200 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 7,115 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 7,222 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 7,321 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 7,321 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,276 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 7,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 7,194 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 35,417 kg/ha | +392.3% |
| 1990 | 36,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 40,054 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 39,928 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 39,931 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 39,976 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 39,995 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 39,924 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 39,897 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 24,902 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1999 | 18,592 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2000 | 26,168 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2001 | 35,206 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 2002 | 37,502 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 40,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 45,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 37,594 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 30,569 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2007 | 56,400 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 2008 | 59,689 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 63,290 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 53,432 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 58,217 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 51,576 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 59,261 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 56,889 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 60,823 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 52,034 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 52,034 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 43,638 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2019 | 47,631 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 47,566 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 52,155 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 54,718 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 53,407 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 54,054 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 54,054 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 71,720 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 54,054 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 45,814 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 | +392.3% | 7,194 kg/ha | 35,417 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +84.5% | 30,569 kg/ha | 56,400 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +40.7% | 18,592 kg/ha | 26,168 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -37.6% | 39,897 kg/ha | 24,902 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +34.5% | 26,168 kg/ha | 35,206 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -25.3% | 24,902 kg/ha | 18,592 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,575 kg/ha | 7,385 kg/ha | 7,818 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,332 kg/ha | 7,174 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,054 kg/ha | 7,115 kg/ha | 35,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,920 kg/ha | 18,592 kg/ha | 40,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,142 kg/ha | 26,168 kg/ha | 63,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,554 kg/ha | 43,638 kg/ha | 60,823 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,380 kg/ha | 47,566 kg/ha | 54,718 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 tomatoes — yield in Costa Rica?
- Tomatoes — yield in Costa Rica was 54,054 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 63,290 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,115 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Costa Rica rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 54th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.