Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,466 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Costa Rica, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 2,466 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica peaked at 2,466 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,361 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 68th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,375 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,397 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,417 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,421 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,425 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,427 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,430 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,432 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,434 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,436 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,438 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,440 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,441 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,445 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,449 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,454 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,458 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,462 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,466 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | 2,417 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,432 kcal/cap/d | 2,421 kcal/cap/d | 2,441 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,456 kcal/cap/d | 2,445 kcal/cap/d | 2,466 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 65 China, mainland 2,471 kcal/cap/d compare
- 66 China 2,470 kcal/cap/d compare
- 67 Montenegro 2,468 kcal/cap/d compare
- 69 Mauritius 2,463 kcal/cap/d compare
- 70 Latvia 2,462 kcal/cap/d compare
- 71 Georgia 2,460 kcal/cap/d compare
- 71 Seychelles 2,460 kcal/cap/d compare
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 average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica was 2,466 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,466 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,361 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Costa Rica ranks 68th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.