Plantains — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Plantains — Food supply was 46,896 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Plantains — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 46,896 million Kcal for plantains — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 61,438 million Kcal in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33,674 million Kcal, in 2021.
That places Costa Rica 25th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 48,357 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 50,818 million Kcal | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 45,499 million Kcal | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 56,644 million Kcal | +24.5% |
| 2014 | 55,807 million Kcal | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 61,438 million Kcal | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 60,802 million Kcal | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 60,996 million Kcal | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 59,152 million Kcal | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 40,883 million Kcal | -30.9% |
| 2020 | 46,334 million Kcal | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 33,674 million Kcal | -27.3% |
| 2022 | 42,959 million Kcal | +27.6% |
| 2023 | 46,896 million Kcal | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54,040 million Kcal | 40,883 million Kcal | 61,438 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,466 million Kcal | 33,674 million Kcal | 46,896 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 plantains — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Plantains — food supply in Costa Rica was 46,896 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 61,438 million Kcal in 2015.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,674 million Kcal in 2021.
- How does Costa Rica rank for plantains — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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 Plantains — 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.