Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 108.8 Square kilometres in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Costa Rica, 2005–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 108.8 Square kilometres for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Costa Rica peaked at 120.5 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 74 Square kilometres, in 2013.
Costa Rica ranks 78th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 98 Square kilometres | — |
| 2006 | 107 Square kilometres | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 79 Square kilometres | -26.2% |
| 2008 | 80 Square kilometres | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 81 Square kilometres | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 111 Square kilometres | +37.0% |
| 2011 | 97 Square kilometres | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 94 Square kilometres | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 74 Square kilometres | -21.3% |
| 2014 | 78 Square kilometres | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 78 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 79 Square kilometres | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 87 Square kilometres | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 89.6 Square kilometres | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 88.3 Square kilometres | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 114.6 Square kilometres | +29.8% |
| 2021 | 103 Square kilometres | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 120.5 Square kilometres | +17.0% |
| 2023 | 109.6 Square kilometres | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 108.8 Square kilometres | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89 Square kilometres | 79 Square kilometres | 107 Square kilometres | 5 |
| 2010s | 87.59 Square kilometres | 74 Square kilometres | 111 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 111.3 Square kilometres | 103 Square kilometres | 120.5 Square kilometres | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 75 Mali 161.6 Square kilometres compare
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- 79 Guinea-Bissau 98.4 Square kilometres compare
- 80 Luxembourg 95.57 Square kilometres compare
- 81 Sao Tome and Principe 92.8 Square kilometres 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)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0898 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Costa Rica?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Costa Rica was 108.8 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 120.5 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 Square kilometres in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Costa Rica ranks 78th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata