Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 30,900 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Costa Rica, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — import quantity in Costa Rica is 30,900 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Costa Rica peaked at 39,205 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,031 t, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 57th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8,031 t | — |
| 1991 | 8,963 t | +11.6% |
| 1992 | 11,686 t | +30.4% |
| 1993 | 13,184 t | +12.8% |
| 1994 | 13,742 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 15,861 t | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 29,738 t | +87.5% |
| 1997 | 19,013 t | -36.1% |
| 1998 | 19,553 t | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 19,094 t | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 17,089 t | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 19,093 t | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 21,024 t | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 21,741 t | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 25,847 t | +18.9% |
| 2005 | 21,794 t | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 21,647 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 24,366 t | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 25,534 t | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 16,295 t | -36.2% |
| 2010 | 25,375 t | +55.7% |
| 2011 | 26,735 t | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 29,452 t | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 30,504 t | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 29,260 t | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 29,609 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 32,315 t | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 28,033 t | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 28,953 t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 27,683 t | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 39,205 t | +41.6% |
| 2021 | 29,885 t | -23.8% |
| 2022 | 30,908 t | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 28,275 t | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 30,900 t | +9.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 30,900 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,958 t, 2.1× the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 30,900 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,332 t, 7.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +87.5% | 15,861 t | 29,738 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,886 t | 8,031 t | 29,738 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,443 t | 16,295 t | 25,847 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,792 t | 25,375 t | 32,315 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,835 t | 28,275 t | 39,205 t | 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 pesticides (total) — import quantity in Costa Rica?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Costa Rica was 30,900 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 39,205 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,031 t in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Costa Rica ranks 57th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Pesticides (total) — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Trade domain contains data on internationally traded pesticides (values and quantities). Data are sourced from international and national trade statistics, predominantly from UN COMTRADE (from 1990 onwards) or from national country trade tapes (1961-1990). Data for the period 1961-1989 cover only Import and Export values (FAOSTAT element codes 5622 and 5922). Data from 1990 onwards also include Import and Export quantities (codes 5610 and 5910) and include a complete time-series for Pesticides (total). The domain contains information on the trade of pesticides products in either: a) finished forms and/or packaging; or b) separate chemically-defined compounds relevant to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.