Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,704 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Costa Rica is 1,704 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 1,709 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1988.
That places Costa Rica 50th out of 126 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.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 35 ha | — |
| 1989 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 387 ha | +383.8% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 1,186 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 1,300 ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 1,479 ha | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 1,675 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 1,448 ha | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 1,507 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1,563 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,618 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,633 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,705 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 1,697 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,695 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,698 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,699 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,709 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,702 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,704 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,705 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,704 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 49 ha | 40 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 962.7 ha | 387 ha | 1,675 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,626 ha | 1,448 ha | 1,705 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,705 ha | 1,702 ha | 1,709 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Costa Rica was 1,704 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,709 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1988.
- How does Costa Rica rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 50th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.