All food groups — Iron supply — Value in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: All food groups — Iron supply — Value was 12.6 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
All food groups — Iron supply — Value in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 12.6 mg/cap/d for all food groups — iron supply — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — iron supply — value in Costa Rica peaked at 12.6 mg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.9 mg/cap/d, in 2013.
Costa Rica ranks 145th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
All food groups — Iron supply — Value in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12.3 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 12.2 mg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 12.1 mg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 11.9 mg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 12 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 11.9 mg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 12.3 mg/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 12.4 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 12.6 mg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 12.4 mg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 12.3 mg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 12.1 mg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 12.2 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 12.6 mg/cap/d | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.21 mg/cap/d | 11.9 mg/cap/d | 12.6 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.3 mg/cap/d | 12.1 mg/cap/d | 12.6 mg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — iron supply — value in Costa Rica?
- All food groups — iron supply — value in Costa Rica was 12.6 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — iron supply — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 12.6 mg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups — iron supply — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9 mg/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for all food groups — iron supply — value?
- Costa Rica ranks 145th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — iron supply — value rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Iron supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.