Costa Rica vs Thailand: Agricultural land per capita
Costa Rica
0.3315 hectares per capita
in 2023
Thailand
0.3121 hectares per capita
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
120th
Thailand rank
123rd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Thailand
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.3315 hectares per capita against 0.3121 hectares per capita in Thailand, a difference of 0.0194 hectares per capita.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Thailand's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 120th and Thailand ranks 123rd of 226 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9843 hectares per capita | 0.4135 hectares per capita | 0.5708 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.02 hectares per capita | 0.412 hectares per capita | 0.6066 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.9629 hectares per capita | 0.4086 hectares per capita | 0.5543 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.5938 hectares per capita | 0.3672 hectares per capita | 0.2265 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.431 hectares per capita | 0.3399 hectares per capita | 0.0911 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3704 hectares per capita | 0.3254 hectares per capita | 0.045 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3353 hectares per capita | 0.323 hectares per capita | 0.0123 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Costa Rica or Thailand?
- Costa Rica, at 0.3315 hectares per capita against 0.3121 hectares per capita in Thailand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Costa Rica and Thailand?
- 0.0194 hectares per capita, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Thailand?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Thailand rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 120th and Thailand ranks 123rd of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.