Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.2905 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica is 0.2905 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 43.1% on the previous year and down 77.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica peaked at 1.71 ha per square kilometre in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.2905 ha per square kilometre, in 2023.
That places Costa Rica 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.944 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 1 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 1.09 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | -15.5% |
| 1970 | 0.85 ha per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 1971 | 0.6953 ha per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6267 ha per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 1.28 ha per square kilometre | +104.6% |
| 1974 | 1.56 ha per square kilometre | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 1.71 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 1.39 ha per square kilometre | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 1.48 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 1.51 ha per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 1.42 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | -18.4% |
| 1987 | 0.9943 ha per square kilometre | -15.8% |
| 1988 | 1.14 ha per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 0.8469 ha per square kilometre | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 0.9954 ha per square kilometre | +17.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9485 ha per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 0.82 ha per square kilometre | -20.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8771 ha per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8059 ha per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | +39.9% |
| 1997 | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.1 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.27 ha per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 1.34 ha per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.938 ha per square kilometre | -15.9% |
| 2003 | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 1.08 ha per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9573 ha per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9254 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 1.54 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.11 ha per square kilometre | -28.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3 ha per square kilometre | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8996 ha per square kilometre | -30.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9577 ha per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9443 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7507 ha per square kilometre | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7575 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.6812 ha per square kilometre | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7338 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6456 ha per square kilometre | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5108 ha per square kilometre | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2905 ha per square kilometre | -43.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.2905 ha per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0002 ha per square kilometre, 1858.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.2905 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2905 ha per square kilometre, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +104.6% | 0.6267 ha per square kilometre | 1.28 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | 0.944 ha per square kilometre | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.27 ha per square kilometre | 0.6267 ha per square kilometre | 1.71 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.27 ha per square kilometre | 0.8469 ha per square kilometre | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | 0.8059 ha per square kilometre | 1.27 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 ha per square kilometre | 0.9254 ha per square kilometre | 1.34 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 ha per square kilometre | 0.6812 ha per square kilometre | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5452 ha per square kilometre | 0.2905 ha per square kilometre | 0.7338 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 108.28 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,751 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 942.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 688.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 623.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 65.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.35 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica?
- Rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Costa Rica was 0.2905 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.71 ha per square kilometre in 1975.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2905 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.