Avocados — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Avocados — Area harvested was 2,621 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — area harvested in Costa Rica is 2,621 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 6,026 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 31st of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 3,750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 3,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 4,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 4,164 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 4,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 4,853 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 5,074 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 5,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 5,367 ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 5,426 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 5,465 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 5,479 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 5,971 ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 6,026 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 5,510 ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 5,292 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 4,209 ha | -20.5% |
| 2008 | 3,919 ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 3,573 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 3,166 ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 2,698 ha | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 1,996 ha | -26.0% |
| 2013 | 1,861 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 1,888 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,004 ha | +59.1% |
| 2016 | 3,092 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 3,092 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,316 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 2,111 ha | -36.3% |
| 2020 | 3,452 ha | +63.5% |
| 2021 | 2,890 ha | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 2,704 ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 2,703 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,621 ha | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,989 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,010 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,745 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,606 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,367 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,087 ha | 3,573 ha | 6,026 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,622 ha | 1,861 ha | 3,316 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,874 ha | 2,621 ha | 3,452 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Avocados — area harvested in Costa Rica was 2,621 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 6,026 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.