Cereals, primary — Production in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Cereals, primary — Production was 72,256 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, 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 cereals, primary — production in Costa Rica is 72,256 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 13.4% on the previous year and down 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Costa Rica peaked at 380,804 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 72,256 t, in 2024.
That places Costa Rica 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 118,813 t | — |
| 1962 | 131,894 t | +11.0% |
| 1963 | 134,717 t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 150,324 t | +11.6% |
| 1965 | 169,085 t | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 176,991 t | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 188,871 t | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 198,847 t | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 179,050 t | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 162,294 t | -9.4% |
| 1971 | 173,673 t | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 177,355 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 186,046 t | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 201,358 t | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 283,183 t | +40.6% |
| 1976 | 272,238 t | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 294,310 t | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 312,673 t | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 326,109 t | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 347,564 t | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 336,112 t | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 255,755 t | -23.9% |
| 1983 | 372,438 t | +45.6% |
| 1984 | 362,820 t | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 380,804 t | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 342,176 t | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 299,427 t | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 314,997 t | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 245,664 t | -22.0% |
| 1990 | 286,772 t | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 265,288 t | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 241,909 t | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 208,883 t | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 239,960 t | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 209,994 t | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 266,319 t | +26.8% |
| 1997 | 281,857 t | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 263,065 t | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 292,453 t | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 284,922 t | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 229,454 t | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 201,368 t | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 198,281 t | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 209,860 t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 196,477 t | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 207,263 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 199,214 t | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 234,240 t | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 283,516 t | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 286,537 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 297,476 t | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 231,741 t | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 238,539 t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 234,587 t | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 203,816 t | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 213,880 t | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 159,571 t | -25.4% |
| 2018 | 197,701 t | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 170,321 t | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 151,685 t | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 157,044 t | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 121,049 t | -22.9% |
| 2023 | 83,440 t | -31.1% |
| 2024 | 72,256 t | -13.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 72,256 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.60 million t, 5% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 72,256 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 461,850 t, 16% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,955 t | 118,813 t | 198,847 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 238,924 t | 162,294 t | 326,109 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 325,776 t | 245,664 t | 380,804 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 255,650 t | 208,883 t | 292,453 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 224,460 t | 196,477 t | 284,922 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 223,417 t | 159,571 t | 297,476 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 117,095 t | 72,256 t | 157,044 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.5759 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0996 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3415 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Costa Rica?
- Cereals, primary — production in Costa Rica was 72,256 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 380,804 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,256 t in 2024.
- How does Costa Rica rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Costa Rica ranks 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, 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.