Bulgaria vs Costa Rica: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Bulgaria
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 14,742 ha against 12,150 ha in Bulgaria, a difference of 2,592 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 78th and Costa Rica ranks 75th of 133 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,342 ha | 54,178 ha | 41,836 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 16,573 ha | 64,992 ha | 48,420 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 14,904 ha | 64,926 ha | 50,022 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 3,973 ha | 51,493 ha | 47,520 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 5,466 ha | 55,814 ha | 50,348 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 11,255 ha | 53,653 ha | 42,398 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 11,666 ha | 25,218 ha | 13,552 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Bulgaria or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 14,742 ha against 12,150 ha in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Bulgaria and Costa Rica?
- 2,592 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Costa Rica rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 78th and Costa Rica ranks 75th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Area harvested. 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.