Cereal yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cereal yield was 3,807 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield in Costa Rica is 3,807 kg per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.4% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Costa Rica peaked at 4,498 kg per hectare in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,154 kg per hectare, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 70th of 181 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,374 kg per hectare | 1,154 kg per hectare | 1,586 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,836 kg per hectare | 1,389 kg per hectare | 2,294 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,364 kg per hectare | 1,743 kg per hectare | 2,924 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,530 kg per hectare | 3,097 kg per hectare | 3,815 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,518 kg per hectare | 3,059 kg per hectare | 3,814 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,787 kg per hectare | 3,199 kg per hectare | 4,498 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,997 kg per hectare | 3,357 kg per hectare | 4,448 kg per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 18,980 hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 72,256 metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 1,025 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Costa Rica?
- Cereal yield in Costa Rica was 3,807 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,498 kg per hectare in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,154 kg per hectare in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cereal yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 70th out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.