What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Costa Rica and Iceland?

112,100 hectares, with Iceland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Iceland: Agricultural area over the long-term

Costa Rica

1.76 million hectares

in 2025

Iceland

1.87 million hectares

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

123rd

Iceland rank

120th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Costa Rica
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 1.87 million hectares against 1.76 million hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 112,100 hectares.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iceland ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 123rd and Iceland ranks 120th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Iceland in 37.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Iceland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	256,754 hectares	597,845 hectares	341,091 hectares	Iceland
1100s	270,722 hectares	837,841 hectares	567,119 hectares	Iceland
1200s	284,346 hectares	838,698 hectares	554,352 hectares	Iceland
1300s	297,205 hectares	839,552 hectares	542,347 hectares	Iceland
1400s	308,691 hectares	720,347 hectares	411,656 hectares	Iceland
1500s	317,907 hectares	721,076 hectares	403,169 hectares	Iceland
1600s	9,249 hectares	601,502 hectares	592,253 hectares	Iceland
1700s	28,681 hectares	596,543 hectares	567,862 hectares	Iceland
1710s	31,276 hectares	608,779 hectares	577,503 hectares	Iceland
1720s	34,100 hectares	621,265 hectares	587,165 hectares	Iceland
1730s	37,173 hectares	634,008 hectares	596,835 hectares	Iceland
1740s	40,517 hectares	647,011 hectares	606,494 hectares	Iceland
1750s	44,153 hectares	660,282 hectares	616,129 hectares	Iceland
1760s	48,107 hectares	673,824 hectares	625,717 hectares	Iceland
1770s	52,406 hectares	687,644 hectares	635,238 hectares	Iceland
1780s	57,080 hectares	701,748 hectares	644,668 hectares	Iceland
1790s	62,157 hectares	716,141 hectares	653,984 hectares	Iceland
1800s	67,674 hectares	730,830 hectares	663,156 hectares	Iceland
1810s	76,594 hectares	745,819 hectares	669,226 hectares	Iceland
1820s	86,609 hectares	776,972 hectares	690,363 hectares	Iceland
1830s	103,557 hectares	809,427 hectares	705,870 hectares	Iceland
1840s	125,402 hectares	843,237 hectares	717,835 hectares	Iceland
1850s	148,342 hectares	878,460 hectares	730,118 hectares	Iceland
1860s	162,103 hectares	915,154 hectares	753,051 hectares	Iceland
1870s	194,802 hectares	924,490 hectares	729,688 hectares	Iceland
1880s	236,369 hectares	933,921 hectares	697,552 hectares	Iceland
1890s	271,929 hectares	943,449 hectares	671,520 hectares	Iceland
1900s	328,038 hectares	953,074 hectares	625,036 hectares	Iceland
1910s	380,717 hectares	962,797 hectares	582,080 hectares	Iceland
1920s	435,971 hectares	1.20 million hectares	767,649 hectares	Iceland
1930s	487,865 hectares	1.38 million hectares	896,935 hectares	Iceland
1940s	647,285 hectares	1.57 million hectares	926,625 hectares	Iceland
1950s	1.12 million hectares	1.89 million hectares	764,091 hectares	Iceland
1960s	1.54 million hectares	2.12 million hectares	576,300 hectares	Iceland
1970s	2.11 million hectares	1.96 million hectares	158,556 hectares	Costa Rica
1980s	2.59 million hectares	1.90 million hectares	689,555 hectares	Costa Rica
1990s	2.06 million hectares	1.90 million hectares	159,495 hectares	Costa Rica
2000s	1.82 million hectares	1.88 million hectares	64,501 hectares	Iceland
2010s	1.79 million hectares	1.87 million hectares	80,147 hectares	Iceland
2020s	1.77 million hectares	1.87 million hectares	104,778 hectares	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Costa Rica or Iceland?: Iceland, at 1.87 million hectares against 1.76 million hectares in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Costa Rica and Iceland?: 112,100 hectares, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Costa Rica ranks 123rd and Iceland ranks 120th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.