FACTOID #
4:
Costa Rica
leads the world in per capita exports of
bananas
,
cassava
,
melons
, and
pineapples
to the
United States
. Unsuprisingly, they’re also first in
pesticide use
.
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Agricultural growth
111
[73rd of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area
53.56 % of land area
[24th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km
412,230 sq. km
[10th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors
997,620
[7th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland
26,672 thousand hectares
[14th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area
30.96 % of land area
[14th of 199]
Arable land > hectares
23,830,000 hectares
[6th of 199]
Cereal production
111 thousand metric tons
[73rd of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare
2,457.1 kg/ha
[86th of 171]
Cotton exports
200 thousand bales
[19th of 109]
Cotton production
4,200
[7th of 109]
Fertilizer use
78.3 kg
[51st of 138]
Food production index
103.9 %
[116th of 182]
Grains > Wheat consumption
17,000 thousand metric tons
[8th of 15]
Grains > Wheat production
17,200 thousand metric tons
[10th of 17]
Labor share
45.5%
[52nd of 149]
Meat production
1,206 thousand metric tons
[31st of 149]
Pesticide use
1.3 kg
[22nd of 45]
Products
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Tractors
905,000
[9th of 147]
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Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations, 2001;
World Development Indicators database
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;
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18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, Turkiye
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