Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 234.52 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 234.52 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica peaked at 379.6 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 234.52 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Costa Rica 136th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 379.6 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 356.14 1000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 342.38 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 337.48 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 330.88 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 335.18 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 332.18 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 336.05 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 322.55 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 321.1 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 303.72 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 310.09 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 304.29 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 305.85 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 293.7 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 281.01 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 275.62 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 280.83 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 278.78 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 279.75 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 278.5 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 273.62 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 264.81 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 264.16 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 263.38 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 250.71 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 243.61 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 239.77 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 237.37 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 237.67 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 234.52 1000 ha | -1.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 234.52 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 198.48 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 234.52 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 173.62 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 343.74 1000 ha | 330.88 1000 ha | 379.6 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 299.88 1000 ha | 275.62 1000 ha | 322.55 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 263.71 1000 ha | 239.77 1000 ha | 279.75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 236.52 1000 ha | 234.52 1000 ha | 237.67 1000 ha | 3 |
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 herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica?
- Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica was 234.52 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 379.6 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 234.52 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Costa Rica rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
- Costa Rica ranks 136th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. 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 Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.