Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price was 337,000 LCU in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in Costa Rica, 2007–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — producer price in Costa Rica is 337,000 LCU, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — producer price in Costa Rica peaked at 337,000 LCU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 166,052 LCU, in 2007.
That places Costa Rica 18th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 166,052 LCU | — |
| 2008 | 218,561 LCU | +31.6% |
| 2009 | 229,865 LCU | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 227,123 LCU | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 227,123 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 227,123 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 227,123 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 245,181 LCU | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 257,707 LCU | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 257,707 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 270,592 LCU | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 264,429 LCU | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 264,429 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 291,225 LCU | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 333,035 LCU | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 337,000 LCU | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 337,000 LCU | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 337,000 LCU is above the median for high income countries, which is 744.9 LCU, 452.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 337,000 LCU is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,892 LCU, 68.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +31.6% | 166,052 LCU | 218,561 LCU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 204,826 LCU | 166,052 LCU | 229,865 LCU | 3 |
| 2010s | 244,901 LCU | 227,123 LCU | 270,592 LCU | 9 |
| 2020s | 312,538 LCU | 264,429 LCU | 337,000 LCU | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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 raw milk of cattle — producer price in Costa Rica?
- Raw milk of cattle — producer price in Costa Rica was 337,000 LCU in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — producer price recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 337,000 LCU in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — producer price recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 166,052 LCU in 2007.
- How does Costa Rica rank for raw milk of cattle — producer price?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — producer price rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.