Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 74,742 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Costa Rica is 74,742 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 77,750 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 16th of 41 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.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,900 ha | +26.7% |
| 1963 | 3,250 ha | +71.1% |
| 1964 | 3,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,220 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 3,350 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 3,600 ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 4,240 ha | +17.8% |
| 1970 | 4,600 ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,900 ha | +58.0% |
| 1974 | 7,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 8,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,800 ha | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 11,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 12,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 14,923 ha | +21.3% |
| 1984 | 13,831 ha | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 13,816 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 14,290 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 16,464 ha | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 18,657 ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 23,183 ha | +15.9% |
| 1991 | 23,891 ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 24,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 26,600 ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 26,652 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 28,190 ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 27,239 ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 26,586 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 26,455 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 37,503 ha | +41.8% |
| 2000 | 39,790 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 39,790 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 42,480 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 43,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 46,600 ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 50,125 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 48,406 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 48,406 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 52,600 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 55,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 60,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 63,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 74,512 ha | +17.3% |
| 2014 | 77,750 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 69,426 ha | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 72,456 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 76,860 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 76,910 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 76,720 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 67,996 ha | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 75,700 ha | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 75,850 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 75,865 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 74,742 ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,062 ha | 1,500 ha | 4,240 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,550 ha | 4,600 ha | 11,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,728 ha | 11,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,090 ha | 23,183 ha | 37,503 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,640 ha | 39,790 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,513 ha | 57,000 ha | 77,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,031 ha | 67,996 ha | 75,865 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Costa Rica was 74,742 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 77,750 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 16th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.