Costa Rica - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Costa Rica was 250,000 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 285,000 in 1987 and a minimum value of 200,000 in 2002.

Definition:

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 200,000
2006 200,000
2007 200,000
2008 200,000
2009 230,000
2010 250,000
2011 250,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Costa Rica was 0.05 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.21 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.04 in 2008.

Definition:

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.21
1962 0.20
1963 0.19
1964 0.19
1965 0.18
1966 0.17
1967 0.17
1968 0.16
1969 0.16
1970 0.16
1971 0.15
1972 0.15
1973 0.14
1974 0.14
1975 0.14
1976 0.13
1977 0.13
1978 0.13
1979 0.12
1980 0.12
1981 0.12
1982 0.11
1983 0.11
1984 0.11
1985 0.11
1986 0.10
1987 0.10
1988 0.10
1989 0.09
1990 0.08
1991 0.08
1992 0.08
1993 0.07
1994 0.07
1995 0.06
1996 0.06
1997 0.06
1998 0.06
1999 0.06
2000 0.05
2001 0.05
2002 0.05
2003 0.05
2004 0.05
2005 0.05
2006 0.05
2007 0.04
2008 0.04
2009 0.05
2010 0.05
2011 0.05

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Costa Rica was 4.90 as of 2011. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 5.58 in 1987, while its lowest value was 3.92 in 2002.

Definition:

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 3.92
2006 3.92
2007 3.92
2008 3.92
2009 4.50
2010 4.90
2011 4.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use