Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 88,821 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 88,821 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 90,227 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,200 ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 97th of 184 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,987 ha | +15.1% |
| 1963 | 7,750 ha | +29.4% |
| 1964 | 10,350 ha | +33.5% |
| 1965 | 12,980 ha | +25.4% |
| 1966 | 11,970 ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 13,300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 11,550 ha | -13.2% |
| 1969 | 8,840 ha | -23.5% |
| 1970 | 7,430 ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 7,870 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 7,560 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 11,455 ha | +51.5% |
| 1974 | 11,570 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 11,041 ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 13,873 ha | +25.6% |
| 1977 | 24,450 ha | +76.2% |
| 1978 | 23,271 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 26,100 ha | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 21,397 ha | -18.0% |
| 1981 | 23,050 ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 19,350 ha | -16.1% |
| 1983 | 22,130 ha | +14.4% |
| 1984 | 20,985 ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 21,118 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 18,694 ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 22,243 ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 24,150 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 25,340 ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 28,810 ha | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 29,140 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 30,392 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 30,841 ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 30,402 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 31,972 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 31,143 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 30,485 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 30,369 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 42,445 ha | +39.8% |
| 2000 | 44,735 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 44,775 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 47,469 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 48,193 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 52,189 ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 56,204 ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 54,492 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 54,866 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 59,619 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 61,110 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 74,201 ha | +21.4% |
| 2011 | 75,255 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 75,348 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 84,312 ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 87,555 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 80,249 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 84,315 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 89,691 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 89,742 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 89,583 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 80,848 ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 89,544 ha | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 90,201 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 90,227 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 88,821 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,770 ha | 5,200 ha | 13,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,462 ha | 7,430 ha | 26,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,846 ha | 18,694 ha | 25,340 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,600 ha | 28,810 ha | 42,445 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,365 ha | 44,735 ha | 61,110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,025 ha | 74,201 ha | 89,742 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,928 ha | 80,848 ha | 90,227 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Costa Rica was 88,821 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 90,227 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 97th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.