Agriculture in Costa Rica: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in Costa Rica with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products132products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°1at least one product ranks first
Products ranked world #11products currently ranked first
Top-10 products3products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for Costa Rica cover 132 products. 1 products currently place Costa Rica at world rank #1, including Pineapples. In total, 3 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for Costa Rica?
132 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For Costa Rica it is #1, and 1 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of Costa Rica agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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132 visible results
| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Primary | Production | 6.68M t 2024 | #30 |
| Sugar cane | Production | 4.14M t 2024 | #33 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 4.14M t 2024 | #45 |
| Pineapples | Production | 3.12M t 2024 | #1 |
| Bananas | Production | 2.63M t 2024 | #14 |
| Oil palm fruit | Production | 1.23M t 2024 | #17 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 369.1k t 2024 | #18 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 274.8k t 2024 | #54 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 243.0k t 2024 | #49 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 204.7k t 2024 | #124 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 196.0k t 2024 | #120 |
| Oranges | Production | 185.0k t 2024 | #34 |
| Cassava, fresh | Production | 91.5k t 2024 | #54 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 90.0k t 2024 | #57 |
| Plantains and cooking bananas | Production | 81.7k t 2024 | #27 |
| Potatoes | Production | 75.2k t 2024 | #109 |
| Cereals, primary | Production | 72.3k t 2024 | #144 |
| Rice | Production | 64.2k t 2024 | #80 |
| Watermelons | Production | 63.1k t 2024 | #71 |
| Coffee, green | Production | 62.2k t 2024 | #20 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 58.8k t 2024 | #94 |
| Cantaloupes and other melons | Production | 58.1k t 2024 | #39 |
| Papayas | Production | 54.8k t 2024 | #23 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 50.7k t 2024 | #80 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 49.0k t 2024 | #95 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 36.6k t 2024 | #92 |
| Lemons and limes | Production | 36.3k t 2024 | #41 |
| Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens | Production | 29.5k t 2024 | #52 |
| Cabbages | Production | 24.1k t 2024 | #91 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 23.4k t 2024 | #80 |
| Pomelos and grapefruits | Production | 21.7k t 2024 | #25 |
| Coconuts, in shell | Production | 19.9k t 2024 | #44 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | Production | 17.5k t 2024 | #30 |
| Yams | Production | 16.5k t 2024 | #34 |
| Avocados | Production | 15.9k t 2024 | #35 |
| Yautia | Production | 11.2k t 2024 | #6 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 11.1k t 2024 | #67 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 11.1k t 2024 | #121 |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 8.8k t 2024 | #43 |
| Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh | Production | 8.5k t 2024 | #38 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 8.0k t 2024 | #133 |
| Strawberries | Production | 4.8k t 2024 | #54 |
| Ginger, raw | Production | 3.9k t 2024 | #23 |
| Sweet potatoes | Production | 1.8k t 2024 | #89 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 1.7k t 2024 | #111 |
| Pepper (Piper spp.), raw | Production | 1.7k t 2024 | #22 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 1.5k t 2024 | #88 |
| Abaca, manila hemp, raw | Production | 1.3k t 2024 | #3 |
| Cocoa beans | Production | 1.0k t 2024 | #35 |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | Production | 808 t 2024 | #42 |
| Seed cotton, unginned | Production | 717 t 2024 | #70 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 605 t 2024 | #113 |
| Lettuce and chicory | Production | 561 t 2024 | #84 |
| Other beans, green | Production | 465 t 2024 | #91 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 370 t 2024 | #87 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 228 t 2024 | #98 |
| Sesame seed | Production | 164 t 2024 | #64 |
| Asparagus | Production | 134 t 2024 | #41 |
| Eggplants (aubergines) | Production | 98 t 2024 | #94 |
| Onions and shallots, green | Production | 96 t 2024 | #46 |
| Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables | Production | 76 t 2024 | #55 |
| Spinach | Production | 64 t 2024 | #65 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | Production | 34 t 2024 | #62 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 34 t 2024 | #112 |
| Artichokes | Production | 28 t 2024 | #27 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 17 t 2024 | #114 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 1.28M t 2024 | #72 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 1.27M t 2024 | #67 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 143.7k t 2024 | #73 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 143.7k t 2024 | #74 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 94.2k t 2024 | #72 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 94.2k t 2024 | #74 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 90.0k t 2024 | #57 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 64.5k t 2024 | #64 |
| Raw milk of goats | Production | 16.7k t 2024 | #67 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 15.6k t 2024 | #57 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 9.2k t 2024 | #75 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 3.5k t 2024 | #54 |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 3.1k t 2024 | #51 |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 3.1k t 2024 | #47 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 275 t 2024 | #153 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 260 t 2024 | #123 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 54 t 2024 | #107 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 54 t 2024 | #108 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 16 t 2024 | #167 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 6.8 t 2024 | #112 |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 3.2 t 2024 | #141 |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 3.2 t 2024 | #139 |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 0.53 t 2024 | #139 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 1.58M head 2024 | #93 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 1.58M head 2024 | #93 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 559.7k head 2024 | #76 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | Production | 350.2k t 2023 | #50 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 302.7k t 2024 | #93 |
| Palm oil | Production | 280.5k t 2023 | #17 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 164.5k t 2023 | #61 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 157.6k t 2023 | #84 |
| Molasses | Production | 145.9k t 2023 | #41 |
| Horses | Stocks | 117.6k head 2024 | #45 |
| Palm kernels | Production | 92.0k t 2023 | #14 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 80.9k head 2024 | #149 |
| Goats | Stocks | 78.0k head 2024 | #127 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 46.8k t 2023 | #43 |
| Bees | Stocks | 40.8k units 2024 | #74 |
| Oil of palm kernel | Production | 40.5k t 2023 | #12 |
| Cheese (All Kinds) | Production | 26.2k t 2023 | #62 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 23.87M head 2024 | #86 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 23.87M head 2024 | #87 |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | Production | 23.6k t 2023 | #18 |
| Whole milk powder | Production | 20.5k t 2023 | #26 |
| Pig fat, rendered | Production | 13.0k t 2023 | #33 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 8.7k t 2023 | #52 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 8.7k t 2023 | #60 |
| Asses | Stocks | 7.3k head 2024 | #71 |
| Tallow | Production | 5.1k t 2023 | #40 |
| Mules and hinnies | Stocks | 4.9k head 2024 | #33 |
| Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry | Production | 3.2k t 2023 | #56 |
| Margarine and shortening | Production | 3.2k t 2023 | #77 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 2.9k head 2024 | #170 |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | Production | 2.5k t 2023 | #81 |
| Skim milk and whey powder | Production | 1.7k t 2023 | #48 |
| Natural honey | Production | 953 t 2024 | #81 |
| Cotton seed | Production | 397 t 2023 | #73 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | Production | 257 t 2023 | #72 |
| Coconut oil | Production | 233 t 2023 | #48 |
| Oil of sesame seed | Production | 167 t 2023 | #54 |
| Oil of linseed | Production | 134 t 2023 | #50 |
| Beeswax | Production | 85 t 2024 | #33 |
| Cottonseed oil | Production | 31 t 2023 | #75 |
| Buttermilk, dry | Production | 1.6k t 2023 | #50 |
| Soya beans | Production | 0.00 t 1993 | — |
| Sorghum | Production | 0.00 t 1992 | — |