Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,901 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Costa Rica, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica stood at 1,901 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica peaked at 1,901 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,826 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 68th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,826 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,831 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,836 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,841 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,851 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,856 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,863 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,868 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,871 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,872 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,874 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,876 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,878 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,879 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,881 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,882 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,883 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,886 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,896 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,899 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,901 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,848 kcal/cap/d | 1,826 kcal/cap/d | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,876 kcal/cap/d | 1,868 kcal/cap/d | 1,883 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,894 kcal/cap/d | 1,886 kcal/cap/d | 1,901 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Costa Rica was 1,901 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,901 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,826 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Costa Rica ranks 68th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.