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Agricultural land in Costa Rica

Agricultural land in Costa Rica was 31.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 122nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202431.4% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank122nd of 224Countries ranked
Series high53.81984
Series low27.31961

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Agricultural land in Costa Rica, 1961 to 2024

203040506019611971198119912001201120241961: 27.3 %1962: 27.6 %1963: 27.8 %1964: 29.1 %1965: 30.5 %1966: 32 %1967: 32 %1968: 33.6 %1969: 35.1 %1970: 36.4 %1971: 37 %1972: 37 %1973: 40.1 %1974: 40.1 %1975: 41.6 %1976: 43.2 %1977: 44.8 %1978: 46.2 %1979: 47.9 %1980: 49.3 %1981: 50.9 %1982: 52.5 %1983: 52.5 %1984: 53.8 %1985: 52.5 %1986: 51 %1987: 49.6 %1988: 48.1 %1989: 46.3 %1990: 42.8 %1991: 42.8 %1992: 41.8 %1993: 40.7 %1994: 40 %1995: 39 %1996: 38.1 %1997: 37.4 %1998: 36.6 %1999: 36.1 %2000: 35.2 %2001: 35 %2002: 34.7 %2003: 34.7 %2004: 34.6 %2005: 34.5 %2006: 34.4 %2007: 34 %2008: 33.8 %2009: 34.1 %2010: 34.1 %2011: 34.1 %2012: 33.9 %2013: 35.3 %2014: 35 %2015: 34.5 %2016: 34.3 %2017: 34.2 %2018: 34.3 %2019: 34.4 %2020: 34.5 %2021: 31.4 %2022: 31.4 %2023: 31.4 %2024: 31.4 %203040506019611983200520241961: 27.3 %1962: 27.6 %1963: 27.8 %1964: 29.1 %1965: 30.5 %1966: 32 %1967: 32 %1968: 33.6 %1969: 35.1 %1970: 36.4 %1971: 37 %1972: 37 %1973: 40.1 %1974: 40.1 %1975: 41.6 %1976: 43.2 %1977: 44.8 %1978: 46.2 %1979: 47.9 %1980: 49.3 %1981: 50.9 %1982: 52.5 %1983: 52.5 %1984: 53.8 %1985: 52.5 %1986: 51 %1987: 49.6 %1988: 48.1 %1989: 46.3 %1990: 42.8 %1991: 42.8 %1992: 41.8 %1993: 40.7 %1994: 40 %1995: 39 %1996: 38.1 %1997: 37.4 %1998: 36.6 %1999: 36.1 %2000: 35.2 %2001: 35 %2002: 34.7 %2003: 34.7 %2004: 34.6 %2005: 34.5 %2006: 34.4 %2007: 34 %2008: 33.8 %2009: 34.1 %2010: 34.1 %2011: 34.1 %2012: 33.9 %2013: 35.3 %2014: 35 %2015: 34.5 %2016: 34.3 %2017: 34.2 %2018: 34.3 %2019: 34.4 %2020: 34.5 %2021: 31.4 %2022: 31.4 %2023: 31.4 %2024: 31.4 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202431.4 Estimated
202331.4 Estimated
202231.4 Estimated
202131.4 Estimated
202034.5 Estimated
201934.4 Estimated
201834.3 Estimated
201734.2 Estimated
201634.3 Estimated
201534.5 Estimated
201435 Estimated
201335.3 Estimated
201233.9 Estimated
201134.1 Estimated
201034.1 Estimated
200934.1 Estimated
200833.8 Estimated
200734 Estimated
200634.4 Estimated
200534.5 Estimated
200434.6 Estimated
200334.7 Estimated
200234.7 Estimated
200135 Estimated
200035.2 Estimated
199936.1 Estimated
199836.6 Estimated
199737.4 Estimated
199638.1 Estimated
199539 Estimated
199440 Estimated
199340.7 Estimated
199241.8 Estimated
199142.8 Estimated
199042.8 Estimated
198946.3 Estimated
198848.1 Estimated
198749.6 Estimated
198651 Estimated
198552.5 Estimated
198453.8 Estimated
198352.5 Estimated
198252.5 Estimated
198150.9 Estimated
198049.3 Estimated
197947.9 Estimated
197846.2 Estimated
197744.8 Estimated
197643.2 Estimated
197541.6 Estimated
197440.1 Estimated
197340.1 Estimated
197237 Estimated
197137 Estimated
197036.4 Estimated
196935.1 Estimated
196833.6 Estimated
196732 Estimated
196632 Estimated
196530.5 Estimated
196429.1 Estimated
196327.8 Estimated
196227.6 Estimated
196127.3 Estimated

Costa Rica compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Costa Rica is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Costa Rica, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Costa Rica, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/costa-rica. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Costa Rica, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/costa-rica.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Costa Rica, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/costa-rica (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Costa Rica?

Agricultural land in Costa Rica was 31.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 122nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Costa Rica?

53.8% in 1984, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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