Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 209 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 209 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 1,018 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 95th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 220 ha | — |
| 1984 | 169 ha | -23.2% |
| 1985 | 1,018 ha | +502.4% |
| 1986 | 340 ha | -66.6% |
| 1987 | 140 ha | -58.8% |
| 1988 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 157 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 159 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 160 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 162 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 164 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 165 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 166 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 170 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 169 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 170 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 171 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 172 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 174 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 175 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 178 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 180 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 175 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 182 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 186 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 189 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 200 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 195 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 196 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 198 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 201 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 203 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 205 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 207 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 208 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 209 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 210 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 209 ha | -0.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 209 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 218.5 ha, 96% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 209 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 10% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +502.4% | 169 ha | 1,018 ha |
| 1986 | -66.6% | 1,018 ha | 340 ha |
| 1987 | -58.8% | 340 ha | 140 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 217.7 ha | 0 ha | 1,018 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 161.3 ha | 150 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 174.6 ha | 169 ha | 182 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 197.3 ha | 186 ha | 205 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 208.6 ha | 207 ha | 210 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Costa Rica was 209 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,018 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 95th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.