Beans, dry — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 14,662 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 14,662 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 69,580 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8,641 ha, in 2020.
That places Costa Rica 66th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,135 ha | 27,600 ha | 52,390 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,231 ha | 23,330 ha | 35,520 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,020 ha | 22,000 ha | 62,930 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,862 ha | 32,477 ha | 69,580 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,437 ha | 11,311 ha | 30,827 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,084 ha | 10,406 ha | 23,147 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,706 ha | 8,641 ha | 20,067 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Costa Rica was 14,662 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 69,580 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,641 ha in 2020.
- How does Costa Rica rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.