Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Oil palm fruit yields
Costa Rica
16.4 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nicaragua
15.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
7th
Nicaragua rank
8th
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 16.4 tonnes per hectare against 15.36 tonnes per hectare in Nicaragua, a difference of 1.04 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.16 tonnes per hectare | 8.57 tonnes per hectare | 5.59 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 14.14 tonnes per hectare | 8.57 tonnes per hectare | 5.57 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 14.83 tonnes per hectare | 8.57 tonnes per hectare | 6.25 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 15.66 tonnes per hectare | 18.92 tonnes per hectare | 3.26 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 15.67 tonnes per hectare | 23.81 tonnes per hectare | 8.14 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 15.05 tonnes per hectare | 15.44 tonnes per hectare | 0.3928 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 16.09 tonnes per hectare | 14.71 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
- Costa Rica, at 16.4 tonnes per hectare against 15.36 tonnes per hectare in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 1.04 tonnes per hectare, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.