Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Agricultural land use per person
Costa Rica
0.3132 hectares per person
in 2025
Ecuador
0.3289 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
114th
Ecuador rank
111th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.3289 hectares per person against 0.3132 hectares per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0157 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 114th and Ecuador ranks 111th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 39 and Ecuador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.8815 hectares per person | 0.6675 hectares per person | 0.2141 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1100s | 0.8521 hectares per person | 0.6625 hectares per person | 0.1895 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1200s | 0.8204 hectares per person | 0.6571 hectares per person | 0.1632 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1300s | 0.786 hectares per person | 0.6513 hectares per person | 0.1347 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1400s | 0.7483 hectares per person | 0.6448 hectares per person | 0.1036 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1500s | 0.7065 hectares per person | 0.6375 hectares per person | 0.069 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1600s | 1.16 hectares per person | 0.629 hectares per person | 0.5271 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1700s | 1.26 hectares per person | 0.6189 hectares per person | 0.6422 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1710s | 1.27 hectares per person | 0.6178 hectares per person | 0.6533 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1720s | 1.28 hectares per person | 0.6166 hectares per person | 0.6642 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1730s | 1.29 hectares per person | 0.6154 hectares per person | 0.6751 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1740s | 1.3 hectares per person | 0.6142 hectares per person | 0.6858 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1750s | 1.31 hectares per person | 0.613 hectares per person | 0.6964 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1760s | 1.32 hectares per person | 0.6117 hectares per person | 0.7069 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1770s | 1.33 hectares per person | 0.6103 hectares per person | 0.7172 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1780s | 1.34 hectares per person | 0.609 hectares per person | 0.7274 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1790s | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.6076 hectares per person | 0.7375 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1800s | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.6061 hectares per person | 0.7474 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1810s | 1.37 hectares per person | 0.6046 hectares per person | 0.7664 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1820s | 1.39 hectares per person | 0.603 hectares per person | 0.7851 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1830s | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.6014 hectares per person | 0.8037 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1840s | 1.42 hectares per person | 0.5997 hectares per person | 0.8221 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 1.44 hectares per person | 0.5979 hectares per person | 0.8403 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 1.37 hectares per person | 0.596 hectares per person | 0.7732 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 1.3 hectares per person | 0.5941 hectares per person | 0.7058 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 1.23 hectares per person | 0.592 hectares per person | 0.6381 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 1.16 hectares per person | 0.5898 hectares per person | 0.5701 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 1.09 hectares per person | 0.5875 hectares per person | 0.5017 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.585 hectares per person | 0.4328 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0.9459 hectares per person | 0.5824 hectares per person | 0.3636 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0.9665 hectares per person | 0.5794 hectares per person | 0.3871 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0.9862 hectares per person | 0.5759 hectares per person | 0.4103 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1.01 hectares per person | 0.6104 hectares per person | 0.4024 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0.988 hectares per person | 0.577 hectares per person | 0.411 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.529 hectares per person | 0.4868 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.9665 hectares per person | 0.6195 hectares per person | 0.347 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.5978 hectares per person | 0.5565 hectares per person | 0.0414 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.4323 hectares per person | 0.428 hectares per person | 0.0043 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3669 hectares per person | 0.3655 hectares per person | 0.0014 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3231 hectares per person | 0.3375 hectares per person | 0.0145 hectares per person | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Costa Rica or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 0.3289 hectares per person against 0.3132 hectares per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 0.0157 hectares per person, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Costa Rica ranks 114th and Ecuador ranks 111th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.