Costa Rica vs Tonga: Agricultural land per capita
Costa Rica
0.3315 hectares per capita
in 2023
Tonga
0.3346 hectares per capita
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
120th
Tonga rank
117th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.3346 hectares per capita against 0.3315 hectares per capita in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0031 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 120th and Tonga ranks 117th 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 | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9843 hectares per capita | 0.3947 hectares per capita | 0.5896 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.02 hectares per capita | 0.3606 hectares per capita | 0.658 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.9629 hectares per capita | 0.3379 hectares per capita | 0.625 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.5938 hectares per capita | 0.3176 hectares per capita | 0.2762 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.431 hectares per capita | 0.2898 hectares per capita | 0.1412 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3704 hectares per capita | 0.3186 hectares per capita | 0.0518 hectares per capita | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3353 hectares per capita | 0.3326 hectares per capita | 0.0027 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 Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.3346 hectares per capita against 0.3315 hectares per capita in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Costa Rica and Tonga?
- 0.0031 hectares per capita, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Tonga?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Tonga rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 120th and Tonga ranks 117th 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.