Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 66,337 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Costa Rica, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of goats — milk animals in Costa Rica is 66,337 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Costa Rica peaked at 71,000 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 40,000 An, in 1999.
That places Costa Rica 77th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 40,000 An | — |
| 2000 | 45,000 An | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 45,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 50,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 55,000 An | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 55,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 60,000 An | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 70,000 An | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 65,000 An | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 70,000 An | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 68,000 An | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 65,000 An | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 70,000 An | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 70,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71,000 An | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 70,000 An | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 70,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 55,000 An | -21.4% |
| 2018 | 62,000 An | +12.7% |
| 2019 | 60,000 An | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 61,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 63,264 An | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 66,924 An | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 65,974 An | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 66,337 An | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40,000 An | 40,000 An | 40,000 An | 1 |
| 2000s | 56,500 An | 45,000 An | 70,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,100 An | 55,000 An | 71,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,700 An | 61,000 An | 66,924 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 74 Serbia 85,703 An compare
- 75 Republic of Korea 70,156 An compare
- 76 North Macedonia 68,205 An compare
- 78 Austria 60,640 An compare
- 79 Croatia 54,000 An compare
- 80 Czechoslovakia 41,200 An
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 goats — milk animals in Costa Rica?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Costa Rica was 66,337 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 71,000 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 An in 1999.
- How does Costa Rica rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. 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 goats — Milk Animals. 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.