Land area in Costa Rica

The land area of Costa Rica was 50,560 km² in 2024.

Land area Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank

Costa Rica, 2024 50,560 Square kilometres

Change from 2023 0% 2023: 50,560 km²

World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as Costa Rica (2024).

Position in 2024 126th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in Costa Rica over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

A dash means no value was published for that period.

That is unchanged from 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 51,060 km², the figure has changed by −1.0%.
Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 126th highest value.

Original producer: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code: AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1961 to 2024 for Costa Rica
Provider update: 8 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)

A country's total area excluding inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes.

Population covered: National territory

CSV for Costa Rica

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