Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 8,455 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica is 8,455 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica peaked at 33,568 t in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 37th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 380 t | — |
| 1983 | 679 t | +78.7% |
| 1984 | 1,320 t | +94.4% |
| 1985 | 1,173 t | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 1,806 t | +54.0% |
| 1987 | 2,870 t | +58.9% |
| 1988 | 5,700 t | +98.6% |
| 1989 | 8,150 t | +43.0% |
| 1990 | 22,000 t | +169.9% |
| 1991 | 24,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 20,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 18,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 25,000 t | +38.9% |
| 1995 | 33,568 t | +34.3% |
| 1996 | 23,208 t | -30.9% |
| 1997 | 22,686 t | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 16,649 t | -26.6% |
| 1999 | 32,412 t | +94.7% |
| 2000 | 19,833 t | -38.8% |
| 2001 | 25,589 t | +29.0% |
| 2002 | 25,700 t | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 25,900 t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 26,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 26,200 t | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 26,331 t | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 16,448 t | -37.5% |
| 2008 | 21,515 t | +30.8% |
| 2009 | 25,716 t | +19.5% |
| 2010 | 24,277 t | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 26,381 t | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 11,562 t | -56.2% |
| 2013 | 11,865 t | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 13,520 t | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 12,984 t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 13,999 t | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 13,554 t | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 10,479 t | -22.7% |
| 2019 | 8,000 t | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 7,739 t | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 6,422 t | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 8,129 t | +26.6% |
| 2023 | 8,930 t | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 8,455 t | -5.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 8,455 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 545.18 t, 15.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 8,455 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,447 t, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +169.9% | 8,150 t | 22,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,208 t | 0 t | 8,150 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,752 t | 16,649 t | 33,568 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,923 t | 16,448 t | 26,331 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,662 t | 8,000 t | 26,381 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,935 t | 6,422 t | 8,930 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 34 Mozambique 9,860 t compare
- 35 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,121 t compare
- 36 Philippines 8,895 t compare
- 38 Spain 8,359 t compare
- 39 Nicaragua 7,370 t compare
- 40 Serbia 6,675 t 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)
- 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Costa Rica was 8,455 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 33,568 t in 1995.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Costa Rica ranks 37th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.