Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 15,820 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Costa Rica is 15,820 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 28,136 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3,100 ha, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 111th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,210 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 3,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 3,332 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 3,510 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 3,650 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 3,750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 3,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 4,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 4,078 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 4,700 ha | +15.3% |
| 1975 | 4,112 ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 4,154 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 5,200 ha | +25.2% |
| 1978 | 5,772 ha | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 6,782 ha | +17.5% |
| 1980 | 8,027 ha | +18.4% |
| 1981 | 8,502 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 8,627 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 8,121 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 7,449 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 7,820 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 7,440 ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 7,850 ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 7,050 ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 8,824 ha | +25.2% |
| 1990 | 9,950 ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 11,193 ha | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 10,706 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 10,114 ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 13,574 ha | +34.2% |
| 1995 | 16,711 ha | +23.1% |
| 1996 | 12,409 ha | -25.7% |
| 1997 | 10,788 ha | -13.1% |
| 1998 | 13,626 ha | +26.3% |
| 1999 | 20,113 ha | +47.6% |
| 2000 | 13,954 ha | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 20,135 ha | +44.3% |
| 2002 | 20,732 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 16,382 ha | -21.0% |
| 2004 | 15,968 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 27,525 ha | +72.4% |
| 2006 | 28,136 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 20,287 ha | -27.9% |
| 2008 | 16,361 ha | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 25,049 ha | +53.1% |
| 2010 | 18,798 ha | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 21,097 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 19,313 ha | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 19,443 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 21,129 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 17,512 ha | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 19,472 ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 17,658 ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 16,783 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 15,419 ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 15,653 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 14,811 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 15,899 ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 16,773 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 15,820 ha | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,511 ha | 3,100 ha | 3,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,650 ha | 3,700 ha | 6,782 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,971 ha | 7,050 ha | 8,824 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,918 ha | 9,950 ha | 20,113 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,453 ha | 13,954 ha | 28,136 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,662 ha | 15,419 ha | 21,129 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,791 ha | 14,811 ha | 16,773 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Costa Rica was 15,820 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 28,136 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 111th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.