Costa Rica vs South Korea: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita

Costa Rica
0.3455 tonnes per person
in 2023
South Korea
0.3424 tonnes per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
29th
South Korea rank
31st

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • South Korea
00.10.20.30.4196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.3455 tonnes per person against 0.3424 tonnes per person in South Korea, a difference of 0.0031 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 29th and South Korea ranks 31st of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and South Korea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica South Korea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0467 tonnes per person 0.0337 tonnes per person 0.0129 tonnes per person Costa Rica
1970s 0.058 tonnes per person 0.0925 tonnes per person 0.0345 tonnes per person South Korea
1980s 0.0788 tonnes per person 0.1799 tonnes per person 0.1011 tonnes per person South Korea
1990s 0.1595 tonnes per person 0.2578 tonnes per person 0.0983 tonnes per person South Korea
2000s 0.2221 tonnes per person 0.266 tonnes per person 0.0439 tonnes per person South Korea
2010s 0.2688 tonnes per person 0.3332 tonnes per person 0.0644 tonnes per person South Korea
2020s 0.317 tonnes per person 0.3541 tonnes per person 0.0372 tonnes per person South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita, Costa Rica or South Korea?
Costa Rica, at 0.3455 tonnes per person against 0.3424 tonnes per person in South Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita between Costa Rica and South Korea?
0.0031 tonnes per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and South Korea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and South Korea rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 29th and South Korea ranks 31st of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 10,071 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.