Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 388 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1981–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 388 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 94.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 650 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 104 ha, in 1999.
Costa Rica ranks 29th of 43 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.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 145 ha | — |
| 1982 | 200 ha | +37.9% |
| 1983 | 260 ha | +30.0% |
| 1984 | 315 ha | +21.2% |
| 1985 | 375 ha | +19.0% |
| 1986 | 430 ha | +14.7% |
| 1987 | 490 ha | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 499 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 650 ha | +30.3% |
| 1992 | 498 ha | -23.4% |
| 1993 | 488 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 486 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 450 ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 130 ha | -71.1% |
| 1999 | 104 ha | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 193 ha | +85.6% |
| 2001 | 133 ha | -31.1% |
| 2002 | 145 ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 155 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 120 ha | -22.6% |
| 2005 | 134 ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 124 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 124 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 124 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 130 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 200 ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 388 ha | +84.8% |
| 2017 | 418 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 436 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 414 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 423 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 424 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 420 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 367 ha | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 388 ha | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 357.22 ha | 145 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1990s | 420.5 ha | 104 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 138.2 ha | 120 ha | 193 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 268.6 ha | 150 ha | 436 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 404.4 ha | 367 ha | 424 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Costa Rica was 388 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 650 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 104 ha in 1999.
- How does Costa Rica rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 29th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.0%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.