Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 7,158 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 7,158 ha.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 11,800 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1981.
Costa Rica ranks 28th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 5,400 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 5,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 6,429 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1975 | 4,285 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 4,208 ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 4,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 4,900 ha | +14.0% |
| 1979 | 5,250 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 6,800 ha | +61.9% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 6,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 10,047 ha | +25.6% |
| 2000 | 8,347 ha | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 9,504 ha | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 11,800 ha | +24.2% |
| 2003 | 10,550 ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 10,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,990 ha | -33.4% |
| 2006 | 10,500 ha | +50.2% |
| 2007 | 9,600 ha | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 6,500 ha | -32.3% |
| 2009 | 6,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 10,000 ha | +44.9% |
| 2011 | 9,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 9,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,465 ha | -25.4% |
| 2019 | 6,334 ha | -15.2% |
| 2020 | 7,084 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 7,152 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 6,380 ha | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 7,004 ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 7,158 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,544 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,137 ha | 4,208 ha | 6,429 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,105 ha | 4,200 ha | 10,047 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,119 ha | 6,500 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,130 ha | 6,334 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,956 ha | 6,380 ha | 7,158 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 25 Sierra Leone 8,509 ha compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 8,069 ha compare
- 27 Honduras 7,919 ha compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 4,740 ha compare
- 30 Sao Tome and Principe 4,110 ha compare
- 31 Guyana 3,777 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Costa Rica was 7,158 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 11,800 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Costa Rica rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 28th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.