Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate was 15.4 g/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Costa Rica stood at 15.4 g/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Costa Rica peaked at 19.4 g/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.7 g/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Costa Rica 112th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18.2 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 18.1 g/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 17.5 g/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 18.8 g/cap/d | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 19.4 g/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 19 g/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 19.1 g/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 19.1 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18.6 g/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 13 g/cap/d | -30.1% |
| 2020 | 13 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11.7 g/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 14.4 g/cap/d | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 15.4 g/cap/d | +6.9% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 15.4 g/cap/d is below the median for high income countries, which is 18.9 g/cap/d, 81% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 15.4 g/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21.05 g/cap/d, 73% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -30.1% | 18.6 g/cap/d | 13 g/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.08 g/cap/d | 13 g/cap/d | 19.4 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.62 g/cap/d | 11.7 g/cap/d | 15.4 g/cap/d | 4 |
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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Costa Rica?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate in Costa Rica was 15.4 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4 g/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7 g/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Costa Rica rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate?
- Costa Rica ranks 112th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — carbohydrate rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.