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% |