Watermelons — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Watermelons — Area harvested was 2,561 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 2,561 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 43.2% on the previous year and up 103.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 3,441 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1989.
Costa Rica ranks 77th of 143 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 900 ha | 900 ha | 900 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 2,103 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,806 ha | 990 ha | 3,020 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,008 ha | 1,183 ha | 3,441 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,954 ha | 1,697 ha | 2,561 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 110,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 281,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 971 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 221 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 21,862 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 37,676 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 353,976 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 429,657 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Costa Rica was 2,561 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,441 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1989.
- How does Costa Rica rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th out of 143 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.3%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.