Watermelons — Yield in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Watermelons — Yield was 24,654 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Costa Rica, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Costa Rica stood at 24,654 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Costa Rica peaked at 49,184 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 20,454 kg/ha, in 1994.
Costa Rica ranks 58th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 22,222 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 22,727 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 21,429 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 21,875 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 21,053 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 20,454 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 20,833 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 22,000 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 23,294 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 25,000 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 25,454 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 25,496 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 25,497 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 27,567 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 29,153 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 30,900 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 46,400 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 2006 | 46,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 46,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 46,400 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 49,184 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 45,618 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 44,194 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 46,288 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 47,247 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 46,798 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 40,559 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 42,048 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 42,491 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 24,216 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2019 | 27,390 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 32,394 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 31,193 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 30,777 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 27,106 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 24,654 kg/ha | -9.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 24,654 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 24,654 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19,151 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +50.2% | 30,900 kg/ha | 46,400 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -43.0% | 42,491 kg/ha | 24,216 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22,222 kg/ha | 22,222 kg/ha | 22,222 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 22,412 kg/ha | 20,454 kg/ha | 25,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,300 kg/ha | 25,496 kg/ha | 49,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,685 kg/ha | 24,216 kg/ha | 47,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,225 kg/ha | 24,654 kg/ha | 32,394 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Costa Rica?
- Watermelons — yield in Costa Rica was 24,654 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 49,184 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,454 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Costa Rica rank for watermelons — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 58th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.3%. 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, published as part of Watermelons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.