Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 0.02 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.02 kg/cap for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Costa Rica peaked at 0.04 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 2019.
Costa Rica ranks 123rd of 150 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.02 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 0.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.03 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.02 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2016 | 0.03 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 0.02 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 0.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.01 kg/cap | -50.0% |
| 2020 | 0.02 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 0.01 kg/cap | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 0.04 kg/cap | +300.0% |
| 2023 | 0.02 kg/cap | -50.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.023 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0225 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 120 Bhutan 0.04 kg/cap compare
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- 122 Georgia 0.03 kg/cap compare
- 123 Albania 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 123 Czechia 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 126 Djibouti 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Libya 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Lesotho 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Armenia 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Nicaragua 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Yemen 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Russian Federation 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 126 Nepal 0.01 kg/cap 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 sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Costa Rica?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Costa Rica was 0.02 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 2019.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Costa Rica ranks 123rd out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.