Yautia — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Yautia — Yield was 9,976 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yautia — Yield in Costa Rica, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yautia — yield in Costa Rica stood at 9,976 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yautia — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 19,226 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3,531 kg/ha, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Yautia — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8,998 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 9,365 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 8,572 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 9,710 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 11,889 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2001 | 9,159 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 11,369 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 17,171 kg/ha | +51.0% |
| 2004 | 19,226 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 11,566 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 2006 | 9,610 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 8,682 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 9,380 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 9,068 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 9,974 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 9,477 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 7,592 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2013 | 9,831 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2014 | 12,000 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2015 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,531 kg/ha | -70.6% |
| 2018 | 12,000 kg/ha | +239.8% |
| 2019 | 4,916 kg/ha | -59.0% |
| 2020 | 14,083 kg/ha | +186.4% |
| 2021 | 10,720 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2022 | 9,877 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 10,008 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 9,976 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 9,976 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,976 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yautia — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +239.8% | 3,531 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +186.4% | 4,916 kg/ha | 14,083 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,521 kg/ha | 8,572 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 11,712 kg/ha | 8,682 kg/ha | 19,226 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,332 kg/ha | 3,531 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,933 kg/ha | 9,877 kg/ha | 14,083 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 4 Saint Lucia 10,527 kg/ha compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 10,476 kg/ha compare
- 6 El Salvador 10,276 kg/ha compare
- 7 Caribbean 11,338 kg/ha compare
- 8 Peru 9,875 kg/ha compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 9,865 kg/ha compare
- 10 Dominica 5,816 kg/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)
- 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 yautia — yield in Costa Rica?
- Yautia — yield in Costa Rica was 9,976 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yautia — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 19,226 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest yautia — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,531 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Costa Rica rank for yautia — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yautia — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. 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 Yautia — 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.