Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 4,238 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 4,238 ha.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 75,535 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 3,462 ha, in 2021.
Costa Rica ranks 136th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,292 ha | 50,700 ha | 66,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,063 ha | 36,857 ha | 62,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,626 ha | 38,847 ha | 75,535 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,221 ha | 13,784 ha | 40,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,012 ha | 6,260 ha | 11,463 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,692 ha | 4,295 ha | 9,598 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,612 ha | 3,462 ha | 7,717 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Rural population 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Costa Rica was 4,238 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 75,535 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,462 ha in 2021.
- How does Costa Rica rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 136th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.