Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0165 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica is 0.0165 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica peaked at 0.022 ha per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0017 ha per square kilometre, in 1990.
That places Costa Rica 50th out of 117 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +35.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +26.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | +85.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0112 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0112 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0157 ha per square kilometre | +40.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0201 ha per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0213 ha per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0197 ha per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0188 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0178 ha per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0188 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | -41.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0179 ha per square kilometre | +62.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0173 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0169 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.0165 ha per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0094 ha per square kilometre, 1.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.0165 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0071 ha per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +85.3% | 0.0033 ha per square kilometre | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0186 ha per square kilometre | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | 0.0173 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 47 North Macedonia 0.018 ha per square kilometre compare
- 48 Hungary 0.0176 ha per square kilometre compare
- 49 Bhutan 0.0167 ha per square kilometre compare
- 51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0162 ha per square kilometre compare
- 52 Albania 0.0155 ha per square kilometre compare
- 53 Spain 0.0136 ha per square kilometre compare
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica was 0.0165 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.022 ha per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0017 ha per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 50th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Carrots and turnips — 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Carrots and turnips — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Carrots and turnips — 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.