Agriculture & Rural in Costa Rica 4,226 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in 62.26 % 2025 up 6.3% 23rd Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in 52.34 % 2025 up 10.1% 28th Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment 37.36 % 2025 down 9.8% 44th Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in 58.96 % 2025 up 14.6% 12th Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment 41.04 % 2025 down 15.4% 54th Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Terms of trade 91.5 % 2024 down 2.1% 57th Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment 46.43 % 2025 down 10.7% 40th Cephalopods — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 — 5th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in fishing and aquaculture 6.02 1000 No 2025 up 31.7% 36th Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in 44.22 % 2025 up 58.5% 19th Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Agricultural 14.74 % 2025 down 37.5% 14th Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross Production Value 6.61 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 15.2% 13th Cotton seed — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.1 2024 down 95.5% 37th Crustaceans — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 12th Rice — Import dependency ratio 0.82 2024 up 272.7% 23rd Rice — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.18 2024 down 76.9% 66th Pelagic Fish — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 2nd Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Gross Production Value 2.14 million 1000 SLC 2024 down 2.7% 8th Rubber — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 — 3rd Rape and Mustardseed — Other uses 88 t 2013 up 151.4% 18th Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry] -14.74 % 2025 up 37.4% 54th Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment 55.78 % 2025 down 22.6% 43rd Aquatic Animals, Others — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 — 7th Yams — Gross Production Value 23.16 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 121.1% 13th Bananas — Terms of trade 233.24 % 2024 up 208.9% 14th Molluscs, Other — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 2nd ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and 2.5 % 2025 up 77.3% 36th Cephalopods — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in fishing and aquaculture 5.51 1000 No 2025 up 39.8% 37th Abaca — Export Quantity 0 t 2013 — 4th Cephalopods — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 2nd Pelagic Fish — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Fish, Seafood — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Demersal Fish — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 3rd Demersal Fish — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Marine Fish, Other — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Crustaceans — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Pineapples — Terms of trade 1.6 % 2024 down 98.4% 75th Cephalopods — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Molluscs, Other — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 2nd Molluscs, Other — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Sesameseed Oil — Production 0 1000 t 2023 — 45th Population in severe food insecurity 119.5 num th 2024 up 12.8% 105th Cassava and products — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% 9th Palm kernels — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 up 100.0% 4th Sesame seed — Processing 0 1000 t 2023 — 50th Sesame seed — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 27th Aquatic Animals, Others — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Aquatic Animals, Others — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Aquatic Animals, Others — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry] -12.98 % 2025 up 6.7% 33rd Palm kernels — Domestic supply quantity 2,341 1000 t 2023 up 32.4% 14th Palm kernels — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total -9.07 % 2025 up 14.0% 44th Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% 2011 down 28.1% 21st Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural 13.53 % 2025 down 37.6% 24th Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS 9.91 % 2025 down 42.9% 15th Non-Cereals — Food aid received 722 t 1996 up 9.4% 55th Palmkernel Oil — Production 41 1000 t 2023 up 95.2% 15th Cocoa Beans and products — Production 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 38th ← Previous Page 64 of 71 Next →