Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 94,191 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Costa Rica is 94,191 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Costa Rica peaked at 97,486 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 26,200 t, in 1962.
Costa Rica ranks 77th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,200 t | -12.7% |
| 1963 | 34,000 t | +29.8% |
| 1964 | 34,800 t | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 32,300 t | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 26,274 t | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 31,270 t | +19.0% |
| 1968 | 38,055 t | +21.7% |
| 1969 | 41,057 t | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 44,570 t | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 48,596 t | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 46,880 t | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 51,955 t | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 51,976 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 66,573 t | +28.1% |
| 1976 | 80,780 t | +21.3% |
| 1977 | 80,350 t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 75,702 t | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 83,564 t | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 76,500 t | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 80,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 66,000 t | -17.5% |
| 1983 | 67,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 76,790 t | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 93,500 t | +21.8% |
| 1986 | 92,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 97,007 t | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 86,000 t | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 85,507 t | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 87,481 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 93,962 t | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 80,908 t | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 81,898 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 95,454 t | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 93,587 t | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 96,417 t | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 86,142 t | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 82,033 t | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 84,442 t | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 82,268 t | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 74,348 t | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 68,312 t | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 74,104 t | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 70,021 t | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 80,741 t | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 75,341 t | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 80,847 t | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 87,524 t | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 94,592 t | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 97,486 t | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 95,999 t | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 87,520 t | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 85,033 t | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 88,196 t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 82,008 t | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 72,975 t | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 77,994 t | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 81,195 t | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 88,595 t | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 89,769 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 93,450 t | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 89,392 t | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 86,510 t | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 94,191 t | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,662 t | 26,200 t | 41,057 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,095 t | 44,570 t | 83,564 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,030 t | 66,000 t | 97,007 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,232 t | 80,908 t | 96,417 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,810 t | 68,312 t | 94,592 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 85,700 t | 72,975 t | 97,486 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,662 t | 86,510 t | 94,191 t | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Costa Rica?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Costa Rica was 94,191 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 97,486 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,200 t in 1962.
- How does Costa Rica rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.