Costa Rica - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Costa Rica was 252,500 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 285,000 in 1987 and a minimum value of 200,000 in 2002.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 285,000
1962 285,000
1963 285,000
1964 285,000
1965 285,000
1966 285,000
1967 285,000
1968 285,000
1969 285,000
1970 285,000
1971 285,000
1972 285,000
1973 283,000
1974 283,000
1975 283,000
1976 283,000
1977 283,000
1978 283,000
1979 283,000
1980 283,000
1981 283,000
1982 283,000
1983 283,000
1984 283,000
1985 285,000
1986 285,000
1987 285,000
1988 280,000
1989 260,000
1990 260,000
1991 260,000
1992 250,000
1993 230,000
1994 230,000
1995 220,000
1996 210,000
1997 210,000
1998 210,000
1999 220,000
2000 210,000
2001 210,000
2002 200,000
2003 210,000
2004 210,000
2005 210,000
2006 210,000
2007 200,000
2008 200,000
2009 220,000
2010 225,000
2011 232,000
2012 232,000
2013 232,000
2014 225,000
2015 253,500
2016 267,500
2017 251,500
2018 252,500

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Costa Rica was 0.051 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.206 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.045 in 2008.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.206
1962 0.199
1963 0.192
1964 0.185
1965 0.179
1966 0.173
1967 0.168
1968 0.163
1969 0.159
1970 0.154
1971 0.150
1972 0.147
1973 0.142
1974 0.139
1975 0.135
1976 0.132
1977 0.128
1978 0.125
1979 0.122
1980 0.118
1981 0.115
1982 0.112
1983 0.109
1984 0.106
1985 0.104
1986 0.101
1987 0.099
1988 0.095
1989 0.086
1990 0.083
1991 0.081
1992 0.076
1993 0.068
1994 0.066
1995 0.062
1996 0.058
1997 0.056
1998 0.055
1999 0.057
2000 0.053
2001 0.052
2002 0.049
2003 0.050
2004 0.050
2005 0.049
2006 0.048
2007 0.045
2008 0.045
2009 0.049
2010 0.049
2011 0.050
2012 0.049
2013 0.049
2014 0.047
2015 0.052
2016 0.055
2017 0.051
2018 0.051

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Costa Rica was 4.95 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 5.58 in 1987, while its lowest value was 3.92 in 2002.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 5.58
1962 5.58
1963 5.58
1964 5.58
1965 5.58
1966 5.58
1967 5.58
1968 5.58
1969 5.58
1970 5.58
1971 5.58
1972 5.58
1973 5.54
1974 5.54
1975 5.54
1976 5.54
1977 5.54
1978 5.54
1979 5.54
1980 5.54
1981 5.54
1982 5.54
1983 5.54
1984 5.54
1985 5.58
1986 5.58
1987 5.58
1988 5.48
1989 5.09
1990 5.09
1991 5.09
1992 4.90
1993 4.50
1994 4.50
1995 4.31
1996 4.11
1997 4.11
1998 4.11
1999 4.31
2000 4.11
2001 4.11
2002 3.92
2003 4.11
2004 4.11
2005 4.11
2006 4.11
2007 3.92
2008 3.92
2009 4.31
2010 4.41
2011 4.54
2012 4.54
2013 4.54
2014 4.41
2015 4.96
2016 5.24
2017 4.93
2018 4.95

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use