Coastal waters — Area in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Coastal waters — Area was 1,289 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Coastal waters — Area in Costa Rica, 2019–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1,289 1000 ha for coastal waters — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Costa Rica ranks 8th of 21 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Coastal waters — Area in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,289 1000 ha | — |
| 2020 | 1,289 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,289 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,289 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,289 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,289 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1,289 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 789.8 1000 ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,289 1000 ha | 1,289 1000 ha | 1,289 1000 ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 1,289 1000 ha | 1,289 1000 ha | 1,289 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 5 France 5,722 1000 ha compare
- 6 Croatia 3,148 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 2,745 1000 ha compare
- 9 Faroe Islands 1,156 1000 ha compare
- 10 Bermuda 423.6 1000 ha compare
- 11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 415 1000 ha compare
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 coastal waters — area in Costa Rica?
- Coastal waters — area in Costa Rica was 1,289 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coastal waters — area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,289 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest coastal waters — area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,289 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Costa Rica rank for coastal waters — area?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coastal waters — area rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coastal waters — 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.