Coffee, green — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 82,539 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 82,539 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 115,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 73,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 19th out of 75 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.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 74,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 83,900 ha | +12.2% |
| 1964 | 84,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 86,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 88,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 90,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 92,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 94,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 95,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 83,407 ha | -12.2% |
| 1974 | 83,406 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 84,759 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 81,750 ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 81,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 81,750 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 81,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 85,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 87,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 90,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 111,000 ha | +23.3% |
| 1987 | 93,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1988 | 93,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 105,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 115,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1991 | 105,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 106,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 105,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 108,966 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 108,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 108,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 108,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 106,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 106,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 106,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 113,130 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 113,387 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 113,387 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 98,681 ha | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 98,681 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 93,774 ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 93,774 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84,133 ha | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 84,133 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84,133 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 93,697 ha | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 93,697 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 93,697 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 93,697 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 93,697 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 82,539 ha | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 82,539 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 82,539 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85,089 ha | 73,000 ha | 94,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,207 ha | 81,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,075 ha | 81,750 ha | 111,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 107,597 ha | 105,000 ha | 115,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,799 ha | 98,681 ha | 113,387 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,840 ha | 84,133 ha | 98,681 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,002 ha | 82,539 ha | 93,697 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 16 Philippines 115,779 ha compare
- 17 Kenya 113,600 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 87,583 ha compare
- 20 Cameroon 54,231 ha compare
- 21 Papua New Guinea 47,702 ha compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 45,158 ha 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)
- 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Costa Rica was 82,539 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 115,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 73,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 19th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.