Sunflower seed — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sunflower seed — Food supply was 2,331 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 2,331 million Kcal for sunflower seed — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 3,366 million Kcal in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,212 million Kcal, in 2022.
Costa Rica ranks 36th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,815 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 2,875 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,940 million Kcal | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 2,984 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 3,207 million Kcal | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 3,276 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,835 million Kcal | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 3,366 million Kcal | +18.7% |
| 2018 | 2,921 million Kcal | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 2,775 million Kcal | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 2,605 million Kcal | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 3,168 million Kcal | +21.6% |
| 2022 | 2,212 million Kcal | -30.2% |
| 2023 | 2,331 million Kcal | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,999 million Kcal | 2,775 million Kcal | 3,366 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,579 million Kcal | 2,212 million Kcal | 3,168 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 33 Dominican Republic 2,739 million Kcal compare
- 34 El Salvador 2,385 million Kcal compare
- 35 Trinidad and Tobago 2,357 million Kcal compare
- 37 Yemen 2,228 million Kcal compare
- 38 Peru 1,682 million Kcal compare
- 39 Cyprus 1,052 million Kcal 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 sunflower seed — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Sunflower seed — food supply in Costa Rica was 2,331 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,366 million Kcal in 2017.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,212 million Kcal in 2022.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sunflower seed — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 36th out of 94 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sunflower seed — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.