Bees — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Bees — Stocks was 40,769 No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in Costa Rica is 40,769 No, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 52,000 No in 1977 and was at its lowest, 15,000 No, in 1971.
Costa Rica ranks 94th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 28,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 28,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 28,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 28,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 28,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 28,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 No | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 23,000 No | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 No | -13.0% |
| 1971 | 15,000 No | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 No | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 30,000 No | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 40,000 No | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 46,000 No | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 46,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 52,000 No | +13.0% |
| 1978 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 50,000 No | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 45,731 No | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 50,000 No | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 31,146 No | -37.7% |
| 1987 | 31,146 No | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 31,146 No | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 33,000 No | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 33,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 34,000 No | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 35,000 No | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 36,000 No | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 37,000 No | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 38,000 No | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 38,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 38,100 No | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 40,894 No | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 44,193 No | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 43,270 No | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 45,372 No | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 45,904 No | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 37,910 No | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 37,910 No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 37,910 No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 39,376 No | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 39,376 No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 39,974 No | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 40,426 No | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 41,027 No | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 41,315 No | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 40,769 No | -1.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 40,769 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 14% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 40,769 No is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 78,517 No, 52% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +50.0% | 20,000 No | 30,000 No |
| 1986 | -37.7% | 50,000 No | 31,146 No |
| 1972 | +33.3% | 15,000 No | 20,000 No |
| 1974 | +33.3% | 30,000 No | 40,000 No |
| 1971 | -25.0% | 20,000 No | 15,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,111 No | 23,000 No | 28,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,300 No | 15,000 No | 52,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,217 No | 31,146 No | 50,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,500 No | 33,000 No | 38,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,010 No | 38,000 No | 38,100 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,212 No | 37,910 No | 45,904 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,702 No | 39,974 No | 41,315 No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Costa Rica?
- Bees — stocks in Costa Rica was 40,769 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 52,000 No in 1977.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 No in 1971.
- How does Costa Rica rank for bees — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.