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Agricultural land share — Costa Rica

Agricultural land share in Costa Rica in 2023 — 33.14%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 5.82 pp.

2023 33.14% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 117of 209
Period maximum 53.82%1984
Period minimum 27.32%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Costa Rica, 1961–2023203040506019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 27.32%1963: 27.81%1965: 30.45%1967: 32.04%1969: 35.06%1971: 36.96%1973: 40.11%1975: 41.56%1977: 44.79%1979: 47.85%1981: 50.9%1983: 52.53%1985: 52.51%1987: 49.73%1989: 46.57%1991: 43.16%1993: 41.38%1995: 40.11%1997: 38.25%1999: 36.98%2001: 35.9%2003: 35.82%2005: 35.35%2007: 35.25%2009: 35.57%2011: 35.62%2013: 35.27%2015: 34.45%2017: 33.81%2019: 33.63%2021: 33.34%2023: 33.14%
Change over the period: +5.82 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 33.14%
World 36.93%
Latin America & Caribbean 32.87%
Central America computed 47.75%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 42.09%
Agricultural land share — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 33.14 +0 pp
2022 33.14 −0.2 pp
2021 33.34 −0.2 pp
2020 33.54 −0.09 pp
2019 33.63 −0.09 pp
2018 33.72 −0.09 pp
2017 33.81 −0.32 pp
2016 34.13 −0.32 pp
2015 34.45 −0.51 pp
2014 34.96 −0.31 pp
2013 35.27 −0.22 pp
2012 35.49 −0.14 pp
2011 35.62 +0 pp
2010 35.62 +0.06 pp
2009 35.57 +0.45 pp
2008 35.12 −0.14 pp
2007 35.25 −0.29 pp
2006 35.55 +0.2 pp
2005 35.35 −0.33 pp
2004 35.68 −0.14 pp
2003 35.82 +0.06 pp
2002 35.76 −0.14 pp
2001 35.9 −0.14 pp
2000 36.04 −0.94 pp
1999 36.98 −0.53 pp
1998 37.5 −0.74 pp
1997 38.25 −0.82 pp
1996 39.07 −1.04 pp
1995 40.11 −0.92 pp
1994 41.03 −0.35 pp
1993 41.38 −0.92 pp
1992 42.3 −0.85 pp
1991 43.16 +0.1 pp
1990 43.06 −3.51 pp
1989 46.57 −1.66 pp
1988 48.24 −1.49 pp
1987 49.73 −1.43 pp
1986 51.16 −1.35 pp
1985 52.51 −1.31 pp
1984 53.82 +1.29 pp
1983 52.53 +0.06 pp
1982 52.47 +1.57 pp
1981 50.9 +1.63 pp
1980 49.28 +1.43 pp
1979 47.85 +1.63 pp
1978 46.22 +1.43 pp
1977 44.79 +1.61 pp
1976 43.18 +1.63 pp
1975 41.56 +1.45 pp
1974 40.11 +0 pp
1973 40.11 +3.15 pp
1972 36.96 +0 pp
1971 36.96 +0.61 pp
1970 36.35 +1.29 pp
1969 35.06 +1.45 pp
1968 33.61 +1.57 pp
1967 32.04 +0.02 pp
1966 32.02 +1.57 pp
1965 30.45 +1.37 pp
1964 29.08 +1.27 pp
1963 27.81 +0.2 pp
1962 27.61 +0.29 pp
1961 27.32 —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SV El Salvador 57.71 MX Mexico 50.69 GT Guatemala 43.04 NI Nicaragua 42.31 CR Costa Rica 33.14 HN Honduras 31.96 PA Panama 29.52 BZ Belize 7.98
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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