Rice and products — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Rice and products — Food supply was 801,530 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice and products — food supply in Costa Rica is 801,530 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 801,530 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 693,334 million Kcal, in 2015.
That places Costa Rica 66th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 722,194 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 695,790 million Kcal | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 702,612 million Kcal | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 717,238 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 699,727 million Kcal | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 693,334 million Kcal | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 793,730 million Kcal | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 695,054 million Kcal | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 731,157 million Kcal | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 760,888 million Kcal | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 776,744 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 739,142 million Kcal | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 708,681 million Kcal | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 801,530 million Kcal | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 721,172 million Kcal | 693,334 million Kcal | 793,730 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 756,524 million Kcal | 708,681 million Kcal | 801,530 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 rice and products — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Rice and products — food supply in Costa Rica was 801,530 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 801,530 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 693,334 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does Costa Rica rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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 Rice and products — 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.