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

Costa Rica
0.3455 tonnes per person
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
0.3765 tonnes per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
29th
Saudi Arabia rank
26th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Saudi Arabia
00.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.3765 tonnes per person against 0.3455 tonnes per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.031 tonnes per person.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 29th and Saudi Arabia ranks 26th of 189 countries.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0467 tonnes per person 0.1465 tonnes per person 0.0999 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia
1970s 0.058 tonnes per person 0.1803 tonnes per person 0.1224 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia
1980s 0.0788 tonnes per person 0.5962 tonnes per person 0.5174 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia
1990s 0.1595 tonnes per person 0.3783 tonnes per person 0.2189 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia
2000s 0.2221 tonnes per person 0.4028 tonnes per person 0.1807 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia
2010s 0.2688 tonnes per person 0.5651 tonnes per person 0.2962 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia
2020s 0.317 tonnes per person 0.4988 tonnes per person 0.1818 tonnes per person Saudi Arabia

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 Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 0.3765 tonnes per person against 0.3455 tonnes per person in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita between Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
0.031 tonnes per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 29th and Saudi Arabia ranks 26th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Saudi Arabia: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 06 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cereals-which-countries-are-net-importers-and-exporters-per-capita/costa-rica/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cereals-which-countries-are-net-importers-and-exporters-per-capita/costa-rica/saudi-arabia/">Costa Rica vs Saudi Arabia: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.