Rice — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Rice — Area harvested was 14,742 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — 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 rice — area harvested in Costa Rica is 14,742 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 87,100 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 14,742 ha, in 2024.
That places Costa Rica 75th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,800 ha | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 51,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 54,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 54,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 55,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 57,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 62,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 52,400 ha | -15.5% |
| 1970 | 43,400 ha | -17.2% |
| 1971 | 35,500 ha | -18.2% |
| 1972 | 32,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 65,458 ha | +104.6% |
| 1974 | 79,520 ha | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 87,100 ha | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 80,165 ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 71,035 ha | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 75,747 ha | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 80,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 60,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 80,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 77,098 ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 73,196 ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 72,335 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 73,949 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 60,320 ha | -18.4% |
| 1987 | 50,770 ha | -15.8% |
| 1988 | 58,352 ha | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 43,245 ha | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 50,824 ha | +17.5% |
| 1991 | 48,429 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 52,715 ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 41,870 ha | -20.6% |
| 1994 | 44,783 ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 41,148 ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 57,546 ha | +39.9% |
| 1997 | 56,934 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 56,014 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 64,665 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 68,357 ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 56,967 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 47,893 ha | -15.9% |
| 2003 | 54,044 ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 62,115 ha | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 55,249 ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 48,878 ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 47,252 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 54,053 ha | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 63,329 ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 79,968 ha | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 78,801 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 56,525 ha | -28.3% |
| 2013 | 66,398 ha | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 45,935 ha | -30.8% |
| 2015 | 48,898 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 48,214 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 38,330 ha | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 38,680 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 34,784 ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 37,466 ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 32,965 ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 26,081 ha | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 14,835 ha | -43.1% |
| 2024 | 14,742 ha | -0.6% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 14,742 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 35.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 14,742 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 29% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +104.6% | 32,000 ha | 65,458 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,178 ha | 48,200 ha | 62,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,992 ha | 32,000 ha | 87,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,926 ha | 43,245 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,493 ha | 41,148 ha | 64,665 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,814 ha | 47,252 ha | 68,357 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,653 ha | 34,784 ha | 79,968 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,218 ha | 14,742 ha | 37,466 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 rice — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Rice — area harvested in Costa Rica was 14,742 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 87,100 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,742 ha in 2024.
- How does Costa Rica rank for rice — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 75th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.