Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 914 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 914 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 13,500 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 210 ha, in 1972.
Costa Rica ranks 66th of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,550 ha | +21.4% |
| 1963 | 2,950 ha | +15.7% |
| 1964 | 5,550 ha | +88.1% |
| 1965 | 8,180 ha | +47.4% |
| 1966 | 6,800 ha | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 7,800 ha | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 5,800 ha | -25.6% |
| 1969 | 2,450 ha | -57.8% |
| 1970 | 480 ha | -80.4% |
| 1971 | 520 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 210 ha | -59.6% |
| 1973 | 905 ha | +331.0% |
| 1974 | 1,020 ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 391 ha | -61.7% |
| 1976 | 2,923 ha | +647.6% |
| 1977 | 13,500 ha | +361.9% |
| 1978 | 10,571 ha | -21.7% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 7,447 ha | -37.9% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1983 | 2,551 ha | -36.2% |
| 1984 | 2,200 ha | -13.8% |
| 1985 | 1,617 ha | -26.5% |
| 1986 | 1,138 ha | -29.6% |
| 1987 | 1,117 ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 1,117 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 840 ha | -24.8% |
| 1990 | 645 ha | -23.2% |
| 1991 | 289 ha | -55.2% |
| 1992 | 353 ha | +22.1% |
| 1993 | 302 ha | -14.4% |
| 1994 | 300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 300 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 783 ha | +161.0% |
| 2006 | 783 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | +46.9% |
| 2008 | 1,610 ha | +40.0% |
| 2009 | 690 ha | -57.1% |
| 2010 | 773 ha | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 819 ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 850 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 860 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 888 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 866 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 866 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 891 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 874 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 877 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 903 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 908 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 914 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,909 ha | 2,100 ha | 8,180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,252 ha | 210 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,003 ha | 840 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343.9 ha | 289 ha | 645 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 651.6 ha | 300 ha | 1,610 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 851.3 ha | 773 ha | 891 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 895.2 ha | 874 ha | 914 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Costa Rica was 914 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 13,500 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 210 ha in 1972.
- How does Costa Rica rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.