Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 831 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Costa Rica is 831 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 1,124 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 85 ha, in 1990.
That places Costa Rica 86th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 85 ha | — |
| 1991 | 115 ha | +35.3% |
| 1992 | 145 ha | +26.1% |
| 1993 | 170 ha | +17.2% |
| 1994 | 315 ha | +85.3% |
| 1995 | 340 ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 370 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 455 ha | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 455 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 510 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 540 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 540 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 570 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 570 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 800 ha | +40.4% |
| 2007 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 923 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1,070 ha | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 1,124 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,024 ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 1,090 ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 1,006 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 954 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 960 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 909 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 959 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 564 ha | -41.2% |
| 2019 | 916 ha | +62.4% |
| 2020 | 882 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 787 ha | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 862 ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 844 ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 831 ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 273.5 ha | 85 ha | 455 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 687.8 ha | 455 ha | 1,070 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 950.6 ha | 564 ha | 1,124 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 841.2 ha | 787 ha | 882 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Costa Rica was 831 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,124 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 ha in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 86th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.