Oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Oil palm fruit yields was 16.4 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
16.4 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
7th
of 44 countries
All-time high
18.39 tonnes per hectare
in 1997
All-time low
11.38 tonnes per hectare
in 2014
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica is 16.4 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica peaked at 18.39 tonnes per hectare in 1997 and was at its lowest, 11.38 tonnes per hectare, in 2014.
That places Costa Rica 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.33 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 13.95 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 14.15 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 13.69 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 14.15 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 14.13 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 14.18 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 14.17 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 14.15 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 14.13 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 14 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 14 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14.18 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 13.92 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 13.92 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14.2 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 14.2 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15.1 tonnes per hectare | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 13.75 tonnes per hectare | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 14.23 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 15.54 tonnes per hectare | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 16.18 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 14.41 tonnes per hectare | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 16.21 tonnes per hectare | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 12.74 tonnes per hectare | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 15.78 tonnes per hectare | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 14.32 tonnes per hectare | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 16.27 tonnes per hectare | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 12.58 tonnes per hectare | -22.7% |
| 1990 | 14.35 tonnes per hectare | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 15.04 tonnes per hectare | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 14.51 tonnes per hectare | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 13.68 tonnes per hectare | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 17.81 tonnes per hectare | +30.1% |
| 1995 | 17.38 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 15.49 tonnes per hectare | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 18.39 tonnes per hectare | +18.7% |
| 1998 | 16.78 tonnes per hectare | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 13.12 tonnes per hectare | -21.8% |
| 2000 | 15.31 tonnes per hectare | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 16.74 tonnes per hectare | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 13.45 tonnes per hectare | -19.7% |
| 2003 | 13.45 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14.38 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 15.56 tonnes per hectare | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 18.02 tonnes per hectare | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 17.04 tonnes per hectare | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 16.41 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 16.32 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 17.29 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 17.5 tonnes per hectare | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 17.5 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17.5 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.38 tonnes per hectare | -35.0% |
| 2015 | 11.75 tonnes per hectare | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 15.04 tonnes per hectare | +27.9% |
| 2017 | 14.26 tonnes per hectare | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 14.14 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 14.1 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 16.75 tonnes per hectare | +18.8% |
| 2021 | 15.35 tonnes per hectare | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 16.18 tonnes per hectare | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 16.07 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 16.4 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 16.4 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.39 tonnes per hectare, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.1 tonnes per hectare | 13.69 tonnes per hectare | 14.33 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.14 tonnes per hectare | 13.75 tonnes per hectare | 15.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.83 tonnes per hectare | 12.58 tonnes per hectare | 16.27 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.66 tonnes per hectare | 13.12 tonnes per hectare | 18.39 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.67 tonnes per hectare | 13.45 tonnes per hectare | 18.02 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.05 tonnes per hectare | 11.38 tonnes per hectare | 17.5 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.15 tonnes per hectare | 15.35 tonnes per hectare | 16.75 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -2.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 10.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica?
- Oil palm fruit yields in Costa Rica was 16.4 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit yields recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 18.39 tonnes per hectare in 1997.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit yields recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.38 tonnes per hectare in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for oil palm fruit yields?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit yields rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.