Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 15 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 15 ha. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 15 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 1997.
That places Costa Rica 54th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 ha | — |
| 1998 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.33 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 9.5 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3 ha | 12 ha | 15 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 51 Algeria 33 ha compare
- 52 Belgium-Luxembourg 31 ha
- 53 Puerto Rico 25 ha compare
- 55 Brunei Darussalam 12 ha compare
- 55 French Polynesia 12 ha compare
- 57 Djibouti 8 ha compare
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 onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Costa Rica was 15 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 15 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 1997.
- How does Costa Rica rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 54th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, green — 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.