Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 592 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica stood at 592 ha.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and up 193.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 671 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1994.
Costa Rica ranks 76th of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 35 ha | — |
| 1995 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 50 ha | +42.9% |
| 1997 | 35 ha | -30.0% |
| 1998 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 50 ha | +42.9% |
| 2000 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 35 ha | -30.0% |
| 2002 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100 ha | +185.7% |
| 2004 | 115 ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 185 ha | +60.9% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +89.2% |
| 2007 | 135 ha | -61.4% |
| 2008 | 185 ha | +37.0% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | -54.1% |
| 2010 | 215 ha | +152.9% |
| 2011 | 85 ha | -60.5% |
| 2012 | 100 ha | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 85 ha | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 202 ha | +137.6% |
| 2015 | 168 ha | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 201 ha | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 151 ha | -24.9% |
| 2018 | 218 ha | +44.4% |
| 2019 | 268 ha | +22.9% |
| 2020 | 369 ha | +37.7% |
| 2021 | 603 ha | +63.4% |
| 2022 | 548 ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 671 ha | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 592 ha | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40 ha | 35 ha | 50 ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 127.5 ha | 35 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 169.3 ha | 85 ha | 268 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 556.6 ha | 369 ha | 671 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Costa Rica was 592 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 671 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1994.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 76th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 193.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.