What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?

The highest recorded value was 1.06 ha per square kilometre in 2020.

What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?

The lowest recorded value was 0.3913 ha per square kilometre in 1985.

How does Costa Rica rank for bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre?

Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.

Is bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?

Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Costa Rica data come from?

The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica

Name: Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
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Costa Rica: Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.9081 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.9081 ha per square kilometre

Change on year

up 2.7%

World rank

10th

of 126 countries

All-time high

1.06 ha per square kilometre

in 2020

All-time low

0.3913 ha per square kilometre

in 1985

Years of data

1961–2023

Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.9081 ha per square kilometre for bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.

The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica peaked at 1.06 ha per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3913 ha per square kilometre, in 1985.

That places Costa Rica 10th out of 126 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1961 to 2023.
Year	ha per square kilometre	Change
1961	0.4583 ha per square kilometre	—
1962	0.5307 ha per square kilometre	+15.8%
1963	0.5112 ha per square kilometre	-3.7%
1964	0.5503 ha per square kilometre	+7.7%
1965	0.5445 ha per square kilometre	-1.1%
1966	0.5327 ha per square kilometre	-2.2%
1967	0.519 ha per square kilometre	-2.6%
1968	0.5817 ha per square kilometre	+12.1%
1969	0.7325 ha per square kilometre	+25.9%
1970	0.7618 ha per square kilometre	+4.0%
1971	0.7736 ha per square kilometre	+1.5%
1972	0.7736 ha per square kilometre	+0.0%
1973	0.7081 ha per square kilometre	-8.5%
1974	0.7081 ha per square kilometre	+0.0%
1975	0.7847 ha per square kilometre	+10.8%
1976	0.8239 ha per square kilometre	+5.0%
1977	0.7246 ha per square kilometre	-12.0%
1978	0.4938 ha per square kilometre	-31.9%
1979	0.4953 ha per square kilometre	+0.3%
1980	0.5057 ha per square kilometre	+2.1%
1981	0.5234 ha per square kilometre	+3.5%
1982	0.5366 ha per square kilometre	+2.5%
1983	0.4866 ha per square kilometre	-9.3%
1984	0.4893 ha per square kilometre	+0.6%
1985	0.3913 ha per square kilometre	-20.0%
1986	0.396 ha per square kilometre	+1.2%
1987	0.4162 ha per square kilometre	+5.1%
1988	0.4343 ha per square kilometre	+4.4%
1989	0.4842 ha per square kilometre	+11.5%
1990	0.6231 ha per square kilometre	+28.7%
1991	0.6541 ha per square kilometre	+5.0%
1992	0.7466 ha per square kilometre	+14.1%
1993	0.9674 ha per square kilometre	+29.6%
1994	1.03 ha per square kilometre	+6.7%
1995	1.02 ha per square kilometre	-1.0%
1996	1.02 ha per square kilometre	-0.3%
1997	0.9634 ha per square kilometre	-5.4%
1998	0.9199 ha per square kilometre	-4.5%
1999	0.9574 ha per square kilometre	+4.1%
2000	0.9397 ha per square kilometre	-1.9%
2001	0.8718 ha per square kilometre	-7.2%
2002	0.8261 ha per square kilometre	-5.2%
2003	0.8178 ha per square kilometre	-1.0%
2004	0.8276 ha per square kilometre	+1.2%
2005	0.8059 ha per square kilometre	-2.6%
2006	0.838 ha per square kilometre	+4.0%
2007	0.8581 ha per square kilometre	+2.4%
2008	0.8679 ha per square kilometre	+1.1%
2009	0.8342 ha per square kilometre	-3.9%
2010	0.8428 ha per square kilometre	+1.0%
2011	0.8229 ha per square kilometre	-2.4%
2012	0.8113 ha per square kilometre	-1.4%
2013	0.839 ha per square kilometre	+3.4%
2014	0.8405 ha per square kilometre	+0.2%
2015	0.8426 ha per square kilometre	+0.3%
2016	0.8306 ha per square kilometre	-1.4%
2017	0.8393 ha per square kilometre	+1.1%
2018	0.9757 ha per square kilometre	+16.2%
2019	1.01 ha per square kilometre	+3.6%
2020	1.06 ha per square kilometre	+4.6%
2021	0.9158 ha per square kilometre	-13.4%
2022	0.884 ha per square kilometre	-3.5%
2023	0.9081 ha per square kilometre	+2.7%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.5512 ha per square kilometre	0.4583 ha per square kilometre	0.7325 ha per square kilometre	9
1970s	0.7047 ha per square kilometre	0.4938 ha per square kilometre	0.8239 ha per square kilometre	10
1980s	0.4664 ha per square kilometre	0.3913 ha per square kilometre	0.5366 ha per square kilometre	10
1990s	0.8904 ha per square kilometre	0.6231 ha per square kilometre	1.03 ha per square kilometre	10
2000s	0.8487 ha per square kilometre	0.8059 ha per square kilometre	0.9397 ha per square kilometre	10
2010s	0.8656 ha per square kilometre	0.8113 ha per square kilometre	1.01 ha per square kilometre	10
2020s	0.9413 ha per square kilometre	0.884 ha per square kilometre	1.06 ha per square kilometre	4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

7 Kiribati 1.77 ha per square kilometre compare
8 Dominica 1.04 ha per square kilometre compare
9 Samoa 1.02 ha per square kilometre compare
11 Dominican Republic 0.8766 ha per square kilometre compare
12 Jamaica 0.8509 ha per square kilometre compare
13 Tonga 0.7903 ha per square kilometre compare

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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)
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Frequently asked questions

What is bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica?: Bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica was 0.9081 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?: The highest recorded value was 1.06 ha per square kilometre in 2020.
What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3913 ha per square kilometre in 1985.
How does Costa Rica rank for bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre?: Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
Is bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?: Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Bananas — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator: Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Unit: ha per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 127 places, 6,218 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Bananas — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.