Chicken meat yields per animal in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Chicken meat yields per animal was 1.76 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.76
Change on year
down 3.1%
World rank
45th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.9
in 2019
All-time low
1.09
in 1981
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Chicken meat yields per animal in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1.76 for chicken meat yields per animal in 2024.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yields per animal in Costa Rica peaked at 1.9 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.09, in 1981.
That places Costa Rica 45th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chicken meat yields per animal in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1.12 | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 1.1 | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 1.11 | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 1.16 | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 1.09 | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 1.22 | +12.3% |
| 1983 | 1.17 | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 1.13 | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 1.38 | +22.3% |
| 1986 | 1.32 | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 1.23 | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 1.27 | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 1.35 | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 1.6 | +18.2% |
| 1991 | 1.6 | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1.61 | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 1.58 | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.6 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 1.58 | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 1.59 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.6 | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.5 | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 1.5 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.5 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.64 | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 1.58 | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1.39 | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 1.63 | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 1.76 | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1.6 | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 1.65 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 1.65 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.81 | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 1.81 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.81 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.7 | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.7 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.7 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.65 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 1.81 | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 1.78 | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.81 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.9 | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1.55 | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 1.71 | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 1.8 | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 1.82 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.76 | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.12 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.23 | 1.09 | 1.38 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.57 | 1.5 | 1.61 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 | 1.39 | 1.81 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 | 1.65 | 1.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.73 | 1.55 | 1.82 | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yields per animal in Costa Rica?
- Chicken meat yields per animal in Costa Rica was 1.76 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9 in 2019.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.09 in 1981.
- How does Costa Rica rank for chicken meat yields per animal?
- Costa Rica ranks 45th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yields per animal rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yields per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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