Infant food — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Infant food — Food supply was 3,752 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Infant food — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, infant food — food supply in Costa Rica stood at 3,752 million Kcal. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 9,359 million Kcal in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,752 million Kcal, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 72nd of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,286 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 9,250 million Kcal | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 8,147 million Kcal | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 7,276 million Kcal | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 9,359 million Kcal | +28.6% |
| 2015 | 7,671 million Kcal | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 5,969 million Kcal | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 5,812 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 6,982 million Kcal | +20.1% |
| 2019 | 6,271 million Kcal | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 6,303 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 4,528 million Kcal | -28.2% |
| 2022 | 4,262 million Kcal | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 3,752 million Kcal | -12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7,502 million Kcal | 5,812 million Kcal | 9,359 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,712 million Kcal | 3,752 million Kcal | 6,303 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 infant food — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Infant food — food supply in Costa Rica was 3,752 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 9,359 million Kcal in 2014.
- What is the lowest infant food — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,752 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for infant food — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 72nd out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. 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 Infant food — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.