Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land was 0.68 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Costa Rica, 2005–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Costa Rica is 0.68 %, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Costa Rica peaked at 0.76 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.41 %, in 2013.
That places Costa Rica 89th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.56 % | — |
| 2006 | 0.61 % | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 0.46 % | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 0.46 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.47 % | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.64 % | +36.2% |
| 2011 | 0.56 % | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 0.54 % | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.41 % | -24.1% |
| 2014 | 0.44 % | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 0.44 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.45 % | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5 % | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.51 % | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5 % | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.65 % | +30.0% |
| 2021 | 0.65 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.76 % | +16.9% |
| 2023 | 0.69 % | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 0.68 % | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.512 % | 0.46 % | 0.61 % | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.499 % | 0.41 % | 0.64 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.686 % | 0.65 % | 0.76 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0525 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 15.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Costa Rica?
- Agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Costa Rica was 0.68 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.76 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.41 % in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land?
- Costa Rica ranks 89th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.5%. 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 Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.