Costa Rica Land Use and Fertilizer Data from FAO

FAOSTAT data for Costa Rica covering land use, fertilizers by product, and fertilizers by nutrient. The dataset is sourced from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and was last updated on June 10, 2026. It is provided in CSV format under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in fertilizer application based on product and nutrient categories mentioned in the description.
• Study changes in land use patterns over time for Costa Rica.
• Model relationships between agricultural inputs and sustainability indicators.
• Benchmark Costa Rica's agricultural practices against other countries using the broader FAOSTAT database.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
• Covers multiple related categories: land use and fertilizers by both product and nutrient.
• Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO for open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Collection Method

Aggregated national statistics via the FAOSTAT bulk data service.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 05:58:36.887882; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Costa Rica