Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.0815 in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Costa Rica is 0.0815, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Costa Rica peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0815, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 161st of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8121 | 0.5743 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4728 | 0.4309 | 0.543 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.388 | 0.2741 | 0.4308 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1951 | 0.1563 | 0.2524 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1386 | 0.1194 | 0.1502 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1084 | 0.0857 | 0.1271 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0838 | 0.0815 | 0.0876 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Costa Rica?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Costa Rica was 0.0815 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0815 in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Costa Rica ranks 161st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).