Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 430.72 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 430.72 kcal/cap/d for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 520.55 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 419.08 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
Costa Rica ranks 10th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 520.55 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 515.29 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 514.93 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 501.28 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 499.83 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 496.5 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 492.59 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 485.75 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 484.37 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 462.37 kcal/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 443.53 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 419.08 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 430.15 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 430.72 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 497.35 kcal/cap/d | 462.37 kcal/cap/d | 520.55 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 430.87 kcal/cap/d | 419.08 kcal/cap/d | 443.53 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 7 New Zealand 436 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 217.92 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Kiribati 432.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bahrain 431.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Viet Nam 210.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 201.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Chile 414.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 119 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 410.42 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malaysia 408.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Melanesia 105.39 kcal/cap/d compare
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 (raw equivalent) — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Costa Rica was 430.72 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 520.55 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 419.08 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. 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 (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.