Pineapples — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Pineapples — Area harvested was 53,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 53,000 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.3% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 53,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 7th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 233.33 ha | 200 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 410 ha | 300 ha | 490 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,024 ha | 500 ha | 7,040 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,568 ha | 6,000 ha | 9,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,702 ha | 12,500 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,300 ha | 40,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,200 ha | 40,000 ha | 53,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 4 China, mainland 71,380 ha compare
- 5 Philippines 67,549 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 56,955 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 47,919 ha compare
- 10 Angola 38,393 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 pineapples — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Costa Rica was 53,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 53,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. 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 Pineapples — 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.