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Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) fell 7.85% to 6.03% in Costa Rica in 2015

Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) (%), 2015
Agriculture | Costa Rica | July 15, 2018
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Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP fell 7.85% to 6.03% in Costa Rica in 2015, according to Faostat.

Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 13.9% in 1983 and an all time low of 5.64% in 2013. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Guatemala amounted to 11.5%, 14.5% in Honduras, 18.1% in Nicaragua and 3.42% in Panama in 2015.

Costa Rica has been ranked 93rd within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Belize % 12.8% 13.2% 13.1% 15.0% 15.3%
Colombia % 7.47% 7.10% 6.85% 6.31% 6.12%
Costa Rica % 7.42% 7.18% 6.40% 6.07% 5.64%
El Salvador % 12.4% 12.6% 12.5% 11.9% 10.8%
Guatemala % ... ... ... ... ... ... 12.4% 11.8% 11.8% 11.2% 11.3%
Honduras % 11.7% 12.5% 15.3% 14.8% 13.4%
Mexico % 3.52% 3.46% 3.35% 3.52% 3.48%
Nicaragua % 17.3% 17.4% 19.2% 18.3% 16.9%
Panama % 4.48% 3.76% 3.36% 3.47% 3.42%
USA % ... ... 1.04% 1.16% 1.36% 1.31% 1.34%