Oranges — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Oranges — Area harvested was 12,787 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — 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 oranges — area harvested in Costa Rica is 12,787 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 27,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,900 ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 135 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 5,911 ha | 4,900 ha | 7,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,200 ha | 7,400 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,716 ha | 6,500 ha | 9,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,977 ha | 10,757 ha | 25,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,130 ha | 23,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,092 ha | 9,152 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,508 ha | 9,697 ha | 22,500 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 30 Kenya 14,003 ha compare
- 31 Malawi 13,928 ha compare
- 32 Madagascar 13,603 ha compare
- 34 Cambodia 11,575 ha compare
- 35 Cook Islands 2 ha compare
- 35 Guinea 11,522 ha compare
- 36 Sudan (former) 11,298 ha compare
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 oranges — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Oranges — area harvested in Costa Rica was 12,787 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 27,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 33rd out of 135 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. 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 Oranges — 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.