Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 81,626 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica is 81,626 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica peaked at 88,949 1000 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,424 1000 An, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 80th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,063 1000 An | 1,424 1000 An | 2,479 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,819 1000 An | 2,492 1000 An | 7,200 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,508 1000 An | 8,620 1000 An | 29,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,712 1000 An | 26,912 1000 An | 49,654 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,386 1000 An | 47,200 1000 An | 67,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,600 1000 An | 60,757 1000 An | 76,149 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,259 1000 An | 79,820 1000 An | 88,949 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica was 81,626 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 88,949 1000 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,424 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Costa Rica ranks 80th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.