Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,048 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1,048 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica peaked at 3,613 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1982.
That places Costa Rica 38th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 50 ha | — |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 250 ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | +40.0% |
| 1988 | 650 ha | +85.7% |
| 1989 | 950 ha | +46.2% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +163.2% |
| 1991 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 2,400 ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 3,613 ha | +20.4% |
| 1996 | 2,749 ha | -23.9% |
| 1997 | 2,572 ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 1,909 ha | -25.8% |
| 1999 | 3,342 ha | +75.1% |
| 2000 | 2,387 ha | -28.6% |
| 2001 | 3,264 ha | +36.7% |
| 2002 | 3,100 ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,902 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,004 ha | -30.9% |
| 2008 | 2,166 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 2,973 ha | +37.3% |
| 2010 | 2,665 ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 2,778 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 1,151 ha | -58.6% |
| 2013 | 1,233 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1,340 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 1,217 ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,257 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,221 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,205 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 1,028 ha | -14.7% |
| 2020 | 1,123 ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 847 ha | -24.6% |
| 2022 | 959 ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 1,092 ha | +13.9% |
| 2024 | 1,048 ha | -4.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1,048 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120 ha, 8.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 1,048 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +163.2% | 950 ha | 2,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 331.25 ha | 50 ha | 950 ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 2,688 ha | 1,909 ha | 3,613 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,760 ha | 2,004 ha | 3,264 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,510 ha | 1,028 ha | 2,778 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,014 ha | 847 ha | 1,123 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)
- 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica was 1,048 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,613 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1982.
- How does Costa Rica rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Costa Rica ranks 38th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.