Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 58,301 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Costa Rica is 58,301 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 65,485 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 21,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 51st out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 24,700 ha | +14.9% |
| 1964 | 25,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 26,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 31,600 ha | +18.4% |
| 1967 | 30,600 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 32,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 33,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 38,100 ha | +14.4% |
| 1971 | 36,400 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 39,216 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 38,763 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 36,763 ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 37,019 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 38,130 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 46,049 ha | +15.1% |
| 1979 | 46,699 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 44,937 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 45,018 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 43,682 ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 45,419 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 52,425 ha | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 49,405 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 50,032 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 47,761 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 47,865 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 40,000 ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 29,500 ha | -26.2% |
| 1991 | 37,000 ha | +25.4% |
| 1992 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 38,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 39,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 42,830 ha | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 42,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 44,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 46,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 47,200 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 48,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 49,210 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 48,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 53,300 ha | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 56,200 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 54,550 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 53,030 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 55,730 ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 57,480 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 57,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 63,316 ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 63,205 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 64,676 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 65,485 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 64,250 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 60,235 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 58,539 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 56,191 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 60,668 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 59,836 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 58,917 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 58,301 ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,489 ha | 21,200 ha | 33,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,714 ha | 36,400 ha | 46,699 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,654 ha | 40,000 ha | 52,425 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,493 ha | 29,500 ha | 46,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,649 ha | 47,200 ha | 56,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,052 ha | 55,730 ha | 65,485 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,783 ha | 56,191 ha | 60,668 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Costa Rica was 58,301 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 65,485 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 51st out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.