Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 18,980 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 18,980 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 163,884 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 18,758 ha, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 145th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 112,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 108,450 ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 127,400 ha | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 110,480 ha | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 122,700 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 127,900 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 125,400 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 113,800 ha | -9.3% |
| 1970 | 113,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 94,500 ha | -16.4% |
| 1972 | 94,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 133,961 ha | +41.3% |
| 1974 | 127,847 ha | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 149,387 ha | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 158,912 ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 143,006 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 136,437 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 142,185 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 118,847 ha | -16.4% |
| 1981 | 147,655 ha | +24.2% |
| 1982 | 146,757 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 155,087 ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 156,147 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 163,884 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 151,845 ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 132,725 ha | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 125,081 ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 93,701 ha | -25.1% |
| 1990 | 92,604 ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 80,415 ha | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 76,335 ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 61,089 ha | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 62,892 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 55,589 ha | -11.6% |
| 1996 | 76,455 ha | +37.5% |
| 1997 | 74,354 ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 69,798 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 79,540 ha | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 78,573 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 64,642 ha | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 54,669 ha | -15.4% |
| 2003 | 62,522 ha | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 68,596 ha | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 61,608 ha | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 55,138 ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 56,303 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 61,411 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 74,792 ha | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 89,566 ha | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 87,009 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 63,990 ha | -26.5% |
| 2013 | 72,653 ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 52,159 ha | -28.2% |
| 2015 | 53,193 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 53,124 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 42,769 ha | -19.5% |
| 2018 | 46,959 ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 42,030 ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 45,183 ha | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 36,427 ha | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 29,803 ha | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 18,758 ha | -37.1% |
| 2024 | 18,980 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,792 ha | 103,000 ha | 127,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 129,404 ha | 94,500 ha | 158,912 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 139,173 ha | 93,701 ha | 163,884 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,907 ha | 55,589 ha | 92,604 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,825 ha | 54,669 ha | 78,573 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,345 ha | 42,030 ha | 89,566 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,830 ha | 18,758 ha | 45,183 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 142 Luxembourg 27,030 ha compare
- 143 Bhutan 20,654 ha compare
- 144 Cyprus 20,070 ha compare
- 146 Palestine, State of 18,348 ha compare
- 147 Comoros 11,707 ha compare
- 148 French Guiana 8,928 ha compare
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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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Costa Rica was 18,980 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 163,884 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,758 ha in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 145th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.