Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0089 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.0089 ha per person
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
9th
of 127 countries
All-time high
0.0212 ha per person
in 1970
All-time low
0.0072 ha per person
in 1986
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica, 1961–2024

0.0050.010.0150.02196119922024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.0089 ha per person for bananas — area harvested, per capita in 2024.

The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0212 ha per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.0072 ha per person, in 1986.

Costa Rica ranks 9th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha per person Change
1961 0.017 ha per person
1962 0.019 ha per person +11.6%
1963 0.0176 ha per person -7.1%
1964 0.0183 ha per person +4.0%
1965 0.0175 ha per person -4.3%
1966 0.0166 ha per person -5.3%
1967 0.0157 ha per person -5.5%
1968 0.0171 ha per person +8.8%
1969 0.0209 ha per person +22.4%
1970 0.0212 ha per person +1.2%
1971 0.0209 ha per person -1.1%
1972 0.0204 ha per person -2.6%
1973 0.0182 ha per person -10.8%
1974 0.0177 ha per person -2.5%
1975 0.0191 ha per person +8.0%
1976 0.0196 ha per person +2.3%
1977 0.0168 ha per person -14.3%
1978 0.0111 ha per person -33.6%
1979 0.0109 ha per person -2.4%
1980 0.0108 ha per person -0.6%
1981 0.0109 ha per person +0.7%
1982 0.0109 ha per person -0.3%
1983 0.0096 ha per person -11.8%
1984 0.0094 ha per person -2.2%
1985 0.0073 ha per person -22.2%
1986 0.0072 ha per person -1.5%
1987 0.0073 ha per person +2.4%
1988 0.0075 ha per person +1.7%
1989 0.0081 ha per person +8.7%
1990 0.0102 ha per person +25.5%
1991 0.0104 ha per person +2.3%
1992 0.0116 ha per person +11.3%
1993 0.0147 ha per person +26.4%
1994 0.0153 ha per person +4.1%
1995 0.0148 ha per person -3.4%
1996 0.0144 ha per person -2.6%
1997 0.0133 ha per person -7.5%
1998 0.0124 ha per person -6.6%
1999 0.0127 ha per person +1.9%
2000 0.0122 ha per person -3.7%
2001 0.0111 ha per person -8.9%
2002 0.0103 ha per person -6.8%
2003 0.0101 ha per person -2.5%
2004 0.0101 ha per person -0.3%
2005 0.0097 ha per person -4.0%
2006 0.0099 ha per person +2.5%
2007 0.01 ha per person +1.0%
2008 0.01 ha per person -0.2%
2009 0.0095 ha per person -5.2%
2010 0.0094 ha per person -0.2%
2011 0.0091 ha per person -3.5%
2012 0.0089 ha per person -2.6%
2013 0.0091 ha per person +2.3%
2014 0.009 ha per person -0.9%
2015 0.0089 ha per person -0.8%
2016 0.0087 ha per person -2.4%
2017 0.0087 ha per person +0.1%
2018 0.01 ha per person +15.2%
2019 0.0103 ha per person +2.8%
2020 0.0107 ha per person +3.8%
2021 0.0092 ha per person -13.8%
2022 0.0089 ha per person -3.9%
2023 0.0091 ha per person +2.2%
2024 0.0089 ha per person -1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0177 ha per person 0.0157 ha per person 0.0209 ha per person 9
1970s 0.0176 ha per person 0.0109 ha per person 0.0212 ha per person 10
1980s 0.0089 ha per person 0.0072 ha per person 0.0109 ha per person 10
1990s 0.013 ha per person 0.0102 ha per person 0.0153 ha per person 10
2000s 0.0103 ha per person 0.0095 ha per person 0.0122 ha per person 10
2010s 0.0092 ha per person 0.0087 ha per person 0.0103 ha per person 10
2020s 0.0094 ha per person 0.0089 ha per person 0.0107 ha per person 5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 6 Burundi 0.0118 ha per person compare
  2. 7 Kiribati 0.0107 ha per person compare
  3. 8 Ecuador 0.01 ha per person compare
  4. 10 Papua New Guinea 0.0072 ha per person compare
  5. 11 Belize 0.0071 ha per person compare
  6. 12 Uganda 0.0067 ha per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is bananas — area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica?
Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Costa Rica was 0.0089 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.0212 ha per person in 1970.
What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0072 ha per person in 1986.
How does Costa Rica rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 9th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
128 places, 6,344 data points, 1961–2024
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Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.