Yams — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Yams — Area harvested was 1,263 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1,263 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.3% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 3,787 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 1989.
Costa Rica ranks 36th of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 350 ha | — |
| 1990 | 500 ha | +42.9% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 900 ha | +125.0% |
| 1993 | 776 ha | -13.8% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | +119.1% |
| 1995 | 1,168 ha | -31.3% |
| 1996 | 819 ha | -29.9% |
| 1997 | 466 ha | -43.1% |
| 1998 | 1,005 ha | +115.7% |
| 1999 | 2,005 ha | +99.5% |
| 2000 | 951 ha | -52.6% |
| 2001 | 1,428 ha | +50.2% |
| 2002 | 1,870 ha | +31.0% |
| 2003 | 1,001 ha | -46.5% |
| 2004 | 1,541 ha | +53.9% |
| 2005 | 3,595 ha | +133.3% |
| 2006 | 3,787 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 2,059 ha | -45.6% |
| 2008 | 1,896 ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 2,012 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,132 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 2,132 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,132 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,032 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 1,995 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 1,573 ha | -21.2% |
| 2016 | 1,575 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,575 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,528 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,512 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 927 ha | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 577 ha | -37.8% |
| 2022 | 1,344 ha | +132.9% |
| 2023 | 1,393 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1,263 ha | -9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 350 ha | 350 ha | 350 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 973.9 ha | 400 ha | 2,005 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,014 ha | 951 ha | 3,787 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,819 ha | 1,512 ha | 2,132 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,101 ha | 577 ha | 1,393 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 33 New Caledonia 2,590 ha compare
- 34 Liberia 2,401 ha compare
- 35 Kenya 1,392 ha compare
- 37 Dominica 938 ha compare
- 38 Mauritania 485 ha compare
- 39 Puerto Rico 413 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 yams — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Yams — area harvested in Costa Rica was 1,263 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,787 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 1989.
- How does Costa Rica rank for yams — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. 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 Yams — Area harvested. 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.