Cereal yield in Costa Rica

Cereal farms in Costa Rica harvested 3,807 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2024 3,807 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −14.4% 2023: 4,448 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Costa Rica (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 5,225 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 67th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Costa Rica over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period Costa RicaWorld
2024 3,807 kg per hectare –
2023 4,448 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 4,062 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 4,311 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 3,357 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 4,052 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 4,210 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 3,731 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 4,026 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 3,832 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 4,498 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 3,283 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 3,622 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 3,419 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 3,199 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 3,791 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 3,814 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 3,538 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 3,759 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 3,189 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 3,059 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 3,171 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 3,683 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 3,550 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 3,626 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −14.4% from 4,448 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4,498 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −15.4%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 67th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)