Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 2.6 % in 2011. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Costa Rica, 2000–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2011, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Costa Rica stood at 2.6 %. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Costa Rica peaked at 4.9 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.6 %, in 2010.
That places Costa Rica 106th out of 116 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 4.8 % | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 4.9 % | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 4.5 % | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 3.8 % | -15.6% |
| 2005 | 3.3 % | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 3 % | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 3 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.9 % | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.8 % | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 2.6 % | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 2.6 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.76 % | 2.8 % | 4.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6 % | 2.6 % | 2.6 % | 2 |
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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 prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Costa Rica?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Costa Rica was 2.6 % in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6 % in 2010.
- How does Costa Rica rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 116 countries with data for 2011.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.8%. 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 Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — 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.