Costa Rica vs Panama: Chicken meat yield per animal
Costa Rica
1.76 kilograms per animal
in 2024
Panama
1.77 kilograms per animal
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
45th
Panama rank
42nd
Chicken meat yield per animal over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.77 kilograms per animal against 1.76 kilograms per animal in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.01 kilograms per animal.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 45th and Panama ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Panama in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.1 kilograms per animal | 1.03 kilograms per animal | 0.072 kilograms per animal | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.1 kilograms per animal | 0.9648 kilograms per animal | 0.1376 kilograms per animal | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.23 kilograms per animal | 1.3 kilograms per animal | 0.0663 kilograms per animal | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.57 kilograms per animal | 1.36 kilograms per animal | 0.2115 kilograms per animal | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1.62 kilograms per animal | 1.49 kilograms per animal | 0.1265 kilograms per animal | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.77 kilograms per animal | 1.67 kilograms per animal | 0.0986 kilograms per animal | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.73 kilograms per animal | 1.77 kilograms per animal | 0.045 kilograms per animal | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chicken meat yield per animal, Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 1.77 kilograms per animal against 1.76 kilograms per animal in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in chicken meat yield per animal between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 0.01 kilograms per animal, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for chicken meat yield per animal?
- Costa Rica ranks 45th and Panama ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Chicken meat yield per animal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.