Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 8 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Costa Rica is 8 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 2,721 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 2016.
That places Costa Rica 119th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,214 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,619 ha | +33.4% |
| 1963 | 1,452 ha | -10.3% |
| 1964 | 1,214 ha | -16.4% |
| 1965 | 1,619 ha | +33.4% |
| 1966 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,349 ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 1,330 ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 1,410 ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 1,535 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 1,646 ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 1,892 ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 2,381 ha | +25.8% |
| 1974 | 2,721 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 2,464 ha | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 2,474 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 2,231 ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 1,979 ha | -11.3% |
| 1979 | 1,968 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 1,584 ha | -19.5% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +32.6% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | -47.6% |
| 1983 | 1,091 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 1,439 ha | +31.9% |
| 1985 | 1,684 ha | +17.0% |
| 1986 | 1,146 ha | -31.9% |
| 1987 | 916 ha | -20.1% |
| 1988 | 1,030 ha | +12.4% |
| 1989 | 850 ha | -17.5% |
| 1990 | 938 ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 819 ha | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 1,008 ha | +23.1% |
| 1993 | 1,064 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 1,042 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 547 ha | -47.5% |
| 1996 | 470 ha | -14.1% |
| 1997 | 286 ha | -39.1% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | +39.9% |
| 1999 | 103 ha | -74.2% |
| 2000 | 117 ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 117 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 63 ha | -46.2% |
| 2003 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 55 ha | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 63 ha | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 69 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 50 ha | -27.5% |
| 2009 | 44 ha | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 50 ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 44 ha | -12.0% |
| 2012 | 20 ha | -54.5% |
| 2013 | 32 ha | +60.0% |
| 2014 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 ha | -37.5% |
| 2016 | 8 ha | -60.0% |
| 2017 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,425 ha | 1,214 ha | 1,619 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,129 ha | 1,535 ha | 2,721 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,294 ha | 850 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 667.7 ha | 103 ha | 1,064 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.6 ha | 44 ha | 117 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23 ha | 8 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 116 Russian Federation 13 ha compare
- 117 Israel 12 ha compare
- 118 Slovakia 10 ha compare
- 120 Benin 5 ha compare
- 121 Puerto Rico 1 ha compare
- 122 Cyprus 0 ha compare
- 122 Czechia 0 ha
- 122 Denmark 0 ha
- 122 Estonia 0 ha
- 122 Finland 0 ha
- 122 Guadeloupe 0 ha compare
- 122 Latvia 0 ha
- 122 Lithuania 0 ha
- 122 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 122 Malta 0 ha
- 122 Mauritius 0 ha compare
- 122 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 122 New Zealand 0 ha compare
- 122 Portugal 0 ha compare
- 122 Senegal 0 ha compare
- 122 Singapore 0 ha compare
- 122 Slovenia 0 ha
- 122 Sweden 0 ha compare
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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Costa Rica was 8 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,721 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 2016.
- How does Costa Rica rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 119th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.0%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.