Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Watermelons — Production
Watermelons — Production over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 63,140 t against 48,746 t in El Salvador, a difference of 14,394 t.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was El Salvador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 67th and El Salvador ranks 69th of 131 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20,000 t | 88,885 t | 68,885 t | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 47,500 t | 51,421 t | 3,921 t | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 59,393 t | 73,266 t | 13,873 t | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 76,863 t | 46,094 t | 30,770 t | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 56,461 t | 42,984 t | 13,477 t | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — production, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 63,140 t against 48,746 t in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — production between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 14,394 t, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for watermelons — production?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th and El Salvador ranks 69th of 131 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.