Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply was 881,538 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Costa Rica stood at 881,538 million Kcal.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 956,126 million Kcal in 2016 and was at its lowest, 848,764 million Kcal, in 2021.
That places Costa Rica 79th out of 164 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.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 940,354 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 940,217 million Kcal | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 952,688 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 939,225 million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 944,182 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 945,929 million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 956,126 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 940,468 million Kcal | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 940,958 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 907,761 million Kcal | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 871,334 million Kcal | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 848,764 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 874,307 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 881,538 million Kcal | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 940,791 million Kcal | 907,761 million Kcal | 956,126 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 868,986 million Kcal | 848,764 million Kcal | 881,538 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 sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Costa Rica was 881,538 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 956,126 million Kcal in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 848,764 million Kcal in 2021.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sugar & sweeteners — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. 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 Sugar & Sweeteners — 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.