Agriculture & Rural in Costa Rica 4,106 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested 1,992 ha 2024 up 4.1% 82nd Tomatoes — Gross Production Value 60,448 1000 USD 2024 up 14.8% 75th Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value 290,261 1000 USD 2024 up 12.5% 94th Carrots and turnips — Gross Production Value 6,461 1000 Int$ 2024 down 29.4% 82nd Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 228,750 1000 USD 2024 up 11.5% 68th Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield 760.7 kg/ha 2024 down 0.4% 58th Carrots and turnips — Area harvested 831 ha 2024 down 12.9% 86th Carrots and turnips — Yield 28,132 kg/ha 2024 down 19.0% 60th Carrots and turnips — Production 23,378 t 2024 down 29.4% 80th Beer of barley, malted — Production 157,600 t 2023 up 188.6% 85th Molasses — Production 145,934 t 2023 down 25.9% 43rd Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production 350,242 t 2023 down 23.6% 51st Rural population, per square kilometre 21.12 units per square kilometre 2023 down 12.3% 122nd Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 63,985 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.1% 66th Fertilizer consumption 1,025 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 73.7% 4th Agricultural land 16,923 sq. km 2023 down 6.0% 125th Arable land 167,133 hectares 2023 down 28.0% 142nd Arable land 0.0327 hectares per person 2023 down 33.5% 156th Arable land 3.3% 2023 down 28.0% 152nd Permanent cropland 7.4% 2023 up 18.2% 43rd Land area 51,060 sq. km 2023 unchanged 127th Meat supply per person 64.12 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 28.9% 81st Meat supply vs. GDP per capita 64.12 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 28.9% 81st Fish and seafood consumption per capita 17.83 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 48.3% 86th Fish and seafood consumption vs. GDP per capita 17.83 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 48.3% 86th Fertilizer use per hectare of arable land 1,025 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 73.7% 4th Share of land area used for agriculture 33.1% 2023 down 6.0% 117th Share of land area used for arable agriculture 3.3% 2023 down 28.0% 152nd Projections for global peak agricultural land 1.69 million hectares 2023 down 6.0% 127th Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel 20,000 tonnes 2023 up 33.3% 86th Per capita meat consumption by type 0.01 kilograms per year per capita 2023 — 170th Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 161.41 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 1.2% 9th Daily meat consumption per person 175.67 grams per day per capita 2023 up 28.9% 81st Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... 518.26 million tonnes 2023 up 42.6% 79th Per capita meat consumption in the United States 35.01 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 47.0% 55th Share of cereals allocated to human food 45.3% 2023 down 9.1% 131st Share of cereals allocated to human food vs. GDP per capita 45.3% 2023 down 9.1% 131st Share of cereals allocated to animal feed 53.4% 2023 up 9.2% 56th Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses 1.3% 2023 up 0.9% 87th Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? 1.76 million tonnes 2023 up 50.3% 74th Agricultural land use 1.69 million hectares 2023 down 6.0% 127th Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel 697,000 tonnes 2023 up 20.2% 121st Per capita meat and fish consumption 35.01 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 47.0% 55th Fertilizer use per capita 13.04 Kilograms per capita 2023 up 108.0% 14th Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade -6.0% 2023 down 294.1% 197th Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 314.57 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 26.7% 9th Change in food supply, population, and agricultural land use 15.63 billion kilocalories per day 2023 up 14.7% 120th Nitrogen fertilizer use 87,863 tonnes 2023 down 2.4% 74th Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, annual growth rate -3.52 % change on previous year 2024 — 93rd Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 — 49th Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 2,159 kg/ha 2024 up 15.1% 42nd Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 41,186 1000 USD 2024 up 16.1% 105th Beans, dry — Area harvested 14,662 ha 2024 down 30.1% 66th Beans, dry — Production 11,050 t 2024 down 31.4% 74th Unmanufactured tobacco — Gross Production Value 39 1000 Int$ 2024 down 70.9% 120th Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 95.06 2024 down 4.6% 102nd Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross per capita 89.24 2024 down 11.4% 87th Meat, Total — Production, per capita 0.059 t per person 2024 up 5.3% 36th Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) 605.03 t 2024 up 7.7% 112th Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area 178 ha 2024 up 9.2% 91st ← Previous Page 7 of 69 Next →