Potatoes — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Potatoes — Area harvested was 2,731 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 2,731 ha.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 3,967 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 117th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,710 ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 1,732 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1,860 ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 1,950 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +22.2% |
| 1973 | 2,001 ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 2,200 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 2,091 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 2,121 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 2,400 ha | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 2,120 ha | -39.4% |
| 1985 | 2,670 ha | +25.9% |
| 1986 | 2,190 ha | -18.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 3,224 ha | +15.1% |
| 1990 | 2,250 ha | -30.2% |
| 1991 | 2,293 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 2,602 ha | +13.5% |
| 1993 | 2,187 ha | -15.9% |
| 1994 | 2,039 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 2,194 ha | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 2,528 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 2,241 ha | -11.4% |
| 1998 | 3,413 ha | +52.3% |
| 1999 | 3,146 ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 3,372 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 3,364 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 3,316 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 3,187 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 3,128 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 3,074 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,366 ha | -23.0% |
| 2007 | 2,807 ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 2,690 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 2,983 ha | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 2,233 ha | -25.1% |
| 2011 | 2,674 ha | +19.7% |
| 2012 | 2,740 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,248 ha | -18.0% |
| 2014 | 3,392 ha | +50.9% |
| 2015 | 3,674 ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 3,967 ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 3,504 ha | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 2,965 ha | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 3,167 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 2,745 ha | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 3,081 ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 2,963 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 3,104 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 2,731 ha | -12.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 2,731 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 28% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 2,731 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 87% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,850 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,161 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,790 ha | 2,120 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,489 ha | 2,039 ha | 3,413 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,029 ha | 2,366 ha | 3,372 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,056 ha | 2,233 ha | 3,967 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,925 ha | 2,731 ha | 3,104 ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica was 2,731 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,967 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 117th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. 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 Potatoes — 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.