Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
% of GDP
106th of 158 · 19th in Latin America
Costa Rica's agriculture share fell from 26.4 % in 1960 to 3.4 % in 2025.
Costa Rica · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
100th of 182 · 16th in Latin America
Costa Rica's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 21.3 % in 1991 to 11.5 % in 2025.
Costa Rica's resource rents fell from 2.6 % in 1992 to 0.8 % in 2021.
Costa Rica's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 41.0 % in 1994 to 33.1 % in 2023.
Costa Rica's arable land (% of land area) fell from 4.5 % in 1994 to 3.3 % in 2023.
Costa Rica's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −14.4 %30th of 79
- Food production indexdown −1.0 pts141st of 195
- Crop production indexdown −1.3 pts147th of 195
- Livestock production indexup +0.2 pts72nd of 194
- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionup +14.0 %4th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts103rd of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts90th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)down −0.1 pts62nd of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.1 pts50th of 130
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecuritydown −0.8 pts55th of 134
- Prevalence of undernourishmentunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 165