Yams — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Yams — Yield was 13,094 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Costa Rica, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Costa Rica is 13,094 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 20,000 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 5,657 kg/ha, in 2005.
Costa Rica ranks 17th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 12,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 12,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 15,556 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1993 | 16,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 20,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 18,008 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 18,015 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 16,008 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 17,230 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 13,722 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 12,504 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 14,256 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2003 | 13,860 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 13,410 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 5,657 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 2006 | 13,108 kg/ha | +131.7% |
| 2007 | 12,437 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 13,313 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 14,252 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 13,874 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 13,874 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13,874 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12,377 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 15,000 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2015 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13,617 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 12,125 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 10,906 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 12,018 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 13,018 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 13,094 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 13,094 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 13,094 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +131.7% | 5,657 kg/ha | 13,108 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,857 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 16,132 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,652 kg/ha | 5,657 kg/ha | 14,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,262 kg/ha | 12,377 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,232 kg/ha | 10,906 kg/ha | 13,094 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 yams — yield in Costa Rica?
- Yams — yield in Costa Rica was 13,094 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,657 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for yams — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 17th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. 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 Yams — 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.