Arable land — Area in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Arable land — Area was 167.13 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Area in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 167.13 1000 ha for arable land — area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area in Costa Rica peaked at 285 1000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 167.13 1000 ha, in 2020.
Costa Rica ranks 163rd of 248 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Arable land — Area in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 285 1000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 283 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 285 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 285 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 280 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 260 1000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 260 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 260 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 250 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 230 1000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 230 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 220 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 210 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 210 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 210 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 220 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 210 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 210 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 200 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 210 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 210 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 210 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 210 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 200 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 200 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 220 1000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 225 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 232 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 232 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 232 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 232 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 221.19 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 210.38 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 199.57 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 188.76 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 177.94 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 167.13 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 167.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 167.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 167.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 167.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 167.13 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 172.25 1000 ha, 97% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 167.13 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 125 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 285 1000 ha | 285 1000 ha | 285 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 283.6 1000 ha | 283 1000 ha | 285 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 281 1000 ha | 260 1000 ha | 285 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 230 1000 ha | 210 1000 ha | 260 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 208 1000 ha | 200 1000 ha | 220 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 215.08 1000 ha | 177.94 1000 ha | 232 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 167.13 1000 ha | 167.13 1000 ha | 167.13 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area in Costa Rica?
- Arable land — area in Costa Rica was 167.13 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 285 1000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land — area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 167.13 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Costa Rica rank for arable land — area?
- Costa Rica ranks 163rd out of 248 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Area. 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.