Bananas — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Bananas — Area harvested was 45,868 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — 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 bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica is 45,868 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 53,975 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19,982 ha, in 1985.
That places Costa Rica 30th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 1963 | 26,100 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 28,100 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 27,800 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 27,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 26,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 29,700 ha | +12.1% |
| 1969 | 37,400 ha | +25.9% |
| 1970 | 38,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 39,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 39,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 36,155 ha | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 36,155 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 40,065 ha | +10.8% |
| 1976 | 42,067 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 37,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 25,212 ha | -31.9% |
| 1979 | 25,291 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 25,822 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 26,725 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 27,398 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 24,846 ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 24,985 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 19,982 ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 20,218 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 21,250 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 22,176 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 24,722 ha | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 31,817 ha | +28.7% |
| 1991 | 33,400 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 38,119 ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 49,394 ha | +29.6% |
| 1994 | 52,707 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 52,165 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 52,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 49,191 ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 46,968 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 48,887 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 47,982 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 44,516 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 42,182 ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 41,757 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 42,256 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 41,147 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 42,790 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 43,817 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 44,313 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 42,595 ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 43,031 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 42,017 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 41,426 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 42,841 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 42,916 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 43,024 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 42,410 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 42,857 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 49,819 ha | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 51,622 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 53,975 ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 46,763 ha | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 45,137 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 46,366 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 45,868 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,144 ha | 23,400 ha | 37,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,984 ha | 25,212 ha | 42,067 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,812 ha | 19,982 ha | 27,398 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,465 ha | 31,817 ha | 52,707 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,336 ha | 41,147 ha | 47,982 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,196 ha | 41,426 ha | 51,622 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,622 ha | 45,137 ha | 53,975 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 bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica was 45,868 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 53,975 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,982 ha in 1985.
- How does Costa Rica rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 Bananas — 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.